Not mere furry playthings


Cute fluff balls: Netherland Dwarf rabbits on sale at the Chew Thean Yeang pet shop along Burmah Road in George Town, Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: It’s going to be the Year of the Rabbit, so people are eyeing cute bunnies as pets, but animal groups cautioned against impulse buying and abandoning them later.

“Many people want the animals as a symbolic gesture,” said Chew Thean Yang pet shop marketing executive CY Chon.

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