Smitten with rabbits, this woman turned her garage into a rabbit cafe

Valerie Bertsch with one of her bunnies, a litter-trained rabbit who lives in her home with her three dogs. Photos: TNS

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Valerie Bertsch has always been drawn to rabbits, so much so she decorated her Medford Lakes, New Jersey, United States, home with paintings and sculptures of bunnies. Yet for much of her life, Bertsch owned only cats and dogs.