"We couldn't bear the thought of handing him over, only for him to end up in a tiny cage and eventually on someone's dinner table": A trapped rabbit's rescue leads to an ethical conflict between its savior and an owner who raises animals for meat

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    It was a regular day out for a walk when we noticed a silhouette in the distance. We initially
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    thought it was a hare from the fields, but as we approached, we realized it was a rabbit! It was
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    trapped under a container near the road, likely having escaped from somewhere.
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    Knowing he wouldn't survive on his own, we felt compelled to help; we have a soft spot for animals.Quickly,
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    we changed into more suitable clothes, grabbed a stick to coax him out from under the container, and prepared a bag for transport. He looked
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    adorable. But only on the outside! This rabbit had the spirit of a fierce warrior!
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    We chased him around for an hour - from beneath the container to the road, through the grass, under a parked truck, and back to the container again. By
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    the end, I was covered in mud from head to toe. At one point, he nearly dashed under an oncoming car. We
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    felt at a loss, thinking perhaps this rescue mission was defeated.But then, fortune smiled. We found some dried bread nearby.
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    Offering it to him changed everything. Within minutes, he was safely inside our bag. Looking back,
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    we felt stupid not having thought of the bread trick sooner. We brought
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    him home, gave him some food, and set up a makeshift dwelling using a an old rat cage. Unsure
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    of our next steps, we reached out to a friend who was living nearby to see if he knew anyone missing the rabbit.
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    Our friend did some digging and found the owner, who, to our dismay, raised rabbits for meat.
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    Further conversations revealed that the owner was a bit nuts, even crazy.
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    After all the effort we put into rescuing the rabbit and getting to know his personality, we couldn't bear the thought of handing him over, only for him to end up in a tiny cage and
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    eventually on someone's dinner table.We decided to tell the owner that we had tried to keep the rabbit in our backyard, but he had managed to escape once again. And
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    that's how we ended up with a new pet rabbit, which we lovingly named Bert.Someone could say we are criminals and steal him.l personally prefer to say we are heroes and saved him!
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