Easter is coming. It’s one of the larger holidays here in the US, and it’s right around the corner. Easter is associated with rabbits and eggs… not a very vegan-friendly holiday, but one I grew up with. Here comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the Bunny Trail… Hopefully, he’ll be a vegan chocolate bunny, and not a casually acquired live rabbit. Make Mine Chocolate is a campaign created by the Columbus House Rabbit Society, designed to educate the public on the realities of living with a rabbit, and to discourage giving live rabbits as Easter gifts.
Rabbits make wonderful pets for the right household. The House Rabbit Society has a wonderful compilation of information about owning a rabbit. If you are considering getting a rabbit as a pet, please read through some of this literature first.
As for me… I’m off to find a vegan chocolate bunny. Wish me luck! Or maybe I can convince Jane to make the chocolate covered oreo truffles she made for Valentine’s Day.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 kara // Mar 21, 2008 at
What I hate hearing this time of year - tiny chicks dipped in food dye. Animal cruelty for human entertainment…
Keep up the good work by spreading the word.
Peace
2 Lane // Mar 21, 2008 at
Ugh. I’d never heard of that. How horrible!
Thanks Kara.
3 David // Mar 22, 2008 at
Is that to make them more yellow and therefore cuter?
4 Lane // Mar 22, 2008 at
Hi David…
Actually, I haven’t the faintest idea… Kara???
I can’t imagine buying a chick unless I had a farm and intended to raise chickens. And in that instance, yellow food dye wouldn’t matter.
5 kara // Mar 23, 2008 at
They dip these tiny live creatures in different colors of dyes - pink, blue, green…not yellow.
What is wrong with our world?
6 Lane // Mar 24, 2008 at
Hi Kara,
And what does one do with a pink, blue, or green chick? (I’m not sure I want to know the answer to that question.)
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