Ban the bunny - California aims to end post-Easter parade of unwanted rabbits


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  • Thursday, 18 Apr 2019

One of the eight bunnies adopted by Jacob Levitt sits at his apartment in New York, U.S., April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Californians can eat chocolate bunnies and snuggle plush Peter Cottontail dolls to their heart's content this Easter.

But those who want to buy a live bunny as an Easter gift won't find them for sale at pet stores this year after California became the first U.S. state to pass a law aimed at stemming a post-holiday deluge of maturing rabbits being abandoned or euthanised.

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