Pet Rabbit killed :-(
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Giant Rabbit. I don't know their given scientific name or that.
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Considering there are approx 250,000 foxes in the UK (2005 figures) - and some suggest 2 foxes every sq mile in town (and they adapt easily to town life)
It's very likely.
It's very likely.
Get one of these...
You'll return home to find a headless fox in your back garden.
Or get one of these and come home to a fox curled up with a stitch laughing to death
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"When I see a bunny rabbit fllllly"
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definitley a fox. the horrible things rip the heads off stuff they dont even want. if one gets into a chicken coop(sp?) for example it will bite the head off every single one but probably only take/eat 1 or 2.
cat dont kill this way.
cat dont kill this way.
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I used to live next door to a guy who bred show chickens and I had whippets I used for hare hunting. The dogs got loose and did pretty much the same thing as a fox would. My mates cat used to bring headless birds and mice and leave them on his back porch.
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Same happened to me when I was a kid, came home to a rabbit with no head. Seems strange to take the head, there's no meat on it.
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Zombie foxes. BRRAAAAAAIINS!
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Great minds and all that.
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Most animals will do the same thing to their 'prey'
As dogs/canine type mammals to their 'dolls' or playthings - a lot of dogs will automatically rip a teddy bears head off first......as will cats to mice etc. They automatically go for the neck, and usually attempt to throttle their prey.
It's just to show they are the boss, they will sometimes drop the head on their owners/masters territory to show respect. It's not in anyway to feed on the prey, or to make it suffer. It's just them being the hunter and showing how skilled they are at killing (by being able to take the head off)
The only consolation is that the rabbit probably didn't feel too much pain, and it would have been relatively quick.
As dogs/canine type mammals to their 'dolls' or playthings - a lot of dogs will automatically rip a teddy bears head off first......as will cats to mice etc. They automatically go for the neck, and usually attempt to throttle their prey.
It's just to show they are the boss, they will sometimes drop the head on their owners/masters territory to show respect. It's not in anyway to feed on the prey, or to make it suffer. It's just them being the hunter and showing how skilled they are at killing (by being able to take the head off)
The only consolation is that the rabbit probably didn't feel too much pain, and it would have been relatively quick.
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Would someone like to see a cute little rabbit like this deed? 
Tell ya the above was a bargain! £1 from an auction!
I hope you bury your rabbit in a nice place.
My dad came home on night at 4AM to find my rabbit at the tree at the bottom of the garden curled up as me mum never shut the door and he got out!, our garden aint closed in too anything could have ate the poor bugger
Apparently cats can sometimes kill rabbits as well.
Tell ya the above was a bargain! £1 from an auction!
I hope you bury your rabbit in a nice place.
My dad came home on night at 4AM to find my rabbit at the tree at the bottom of the garden curled up as me mum never shut the door and he got out!, our garden aint closed in too anything could have ate the poor bugger
Apparently cats can sometimes kill rabbits as well.
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Guys, im after a bit of help. Came home after work today, went in the back garden with my 4 year old daughter only to find her pet rabbit dead, and without going in to much detail all that was left was the body, no head and it looks like it was ripped off, also the front left leg is missing too. TBH the rabbit itself was quite a large rabbit for something to do this it must have been quite big, but im trying to find out what. I live in the city, in a terranced house with 6 foot fence panels all around the garden, the only things we every see in our garden are cats and the occasional small hawk, but are they capable of doing this?. The only other thing it could possible be is a fox or dog but i have found no traces of a struggle and why would the head be taken and nothing else?
Any ideas????
My 4 year is absoultly gutted luckily she didn't see it close up.
Cheers for your help
A domestic cat wouldn't remove the head/leg, it likely wouldn't be able to - rabbits are pretty good fighters!
Sounds like a fox unfortunately, we've a few and we live in central Glasgow, always worried about letting my cats out as I've seen foxes right at our back window on several occasions.
We just lost our pet cat within the hour. He went out came back in 5mins later and collapsed. We rushed him to the vet who told us he had a blood clot on the spine and with that a very weak heart. So we had to have him put down
Im sorry for the loss of your rabbit
Sorry to hear about your moggy mate
I know it doesn't help much but it was the right thing to do, however hard it was.
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More than likely a fox. I used to have a neighbour who had an outdoor pen like enclosure where her ducks could swim in a huge bath tub and sleep in a little hut. It was great to watch. Unfortunately, although secured by wire, foxes got in an managed to get one of them. Sad to hear your news fella, your poor kid an all. At least your rabbit isn't suffering no more. R.I.P