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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  And some just dump them from the car at the park or a wooded area. Bunny probably last another 4 hours at best. My mother bought me a baby duck when I was a young child one Easter. Poor little thing didn't last a day. Seems like she never imagined her 3 year old would hide the duck in the sandbox and they don't last long "hiding" under sand for a long time - like during dinner. Back then, they sold them in the stores for Easter presents. My bunny the year before bit me so she didn't want to get another one of those. All the kids I knew always got a puppy for Christmas and then Easter we got little animals of one sort of the other. It was a different time in those days and a ghastly one for little animals. |
My father tells me similar stories of Easter chicks and rabbits his friends had as kids.
I'm happy that our Tractor Supply stopped selling them a couple of years ago. It's so sad that people view these animals as short-term, disposable toys.