Well, it's that time of year again. Everyone's getting their kids rabbits, ducklings, and chicks.
I overheard an 11 year old saying this to her friend,
"Did you get any baby animals? My dad went to Tractor Supply and got 8 ducklings, and 10 baby chickens. And he hid them around the yard and we had to find them! Then we went to a different Tractor Supply cause my brother wanted zebra chickens. And we both got 2 bunnies! They're so cute!!! I'm gonna be sad when we have to get rid of them though."
"What are you going to do them?"
"Well the ducklings we'll let go into the pond. Idk bout the others though."
I was mad! I don't know the girl though, so I didn't say anything. It just makes me sick! These girls, unless they're traveling, are in the city. What is she going to do with 4 full grown rabbits, 8 ducks, and 10 chickens? Let the ducks go apparently
. Anyway, it's just so sad, isn't it?
2 of chickens, Reese and Twix, had chicks hatch on Easter. I don't even want to think....I just can't even.....their sweet little faces, they deserve a loving home forever, which they will get, unlike so many chicks just as deserving.
My rabbit, M, was being sold around Easter. Kids were surrounding him and his sibs and cousins. I could hear the, "Oh can we PLEASE get one Daddy?" and, "Look how tiny they are! I bet they're minis! We could get 2 and have baby mini bunnies!!!"
Well, that girl had a good reason to believe they were minis. The sign next to them read,"Mini Bunnies! Will stay small! Great Easter gifts! Rare colours!"
Well, I bought one of those, "MINI BUNNIES", feeling sorry for him, as he was obviously too young to leave his mother. Here he is now:
Not so mini, huh?
Anyway, sorry for the rant, but it's just so sad how thousands of people buy rabbits, ducklings, and bunnies this time of year, just to "let them go later".
Agree?