Paris Hilton is a Joke

[Andrea]

www.peoplepets.com/news/celebrities/paris-hilton-rescues-a-herd-of-pet-store-bunnies/1

Only Paris Hilton could make headlines for alleged drug possession and animal rescue in the same month! Just weeks after her Las Vegas arrest, the heiress Tweeted Wednesday that she had rescued a veritable “herd” of bunnies from a Los Angeles pet shop.

Hilton told Twitter followers the bunnies were "meant to be feeders. I saw them at the pet store and they told me they were for snake food and I had to save them."

She took all 20 of them back to her home, where they're now "happy, living in my back yard."

The bunnies — who've been eating rabbit food, lettuce, carrots and grapes — join Hilton's menagerie, which includes dogs, a cat, an opossum, a hamster and an exotic bird, among other critters.

That's not to say she neglects any of her animals, though; she recently Tweeted that she had bought her dogs treats, toys and "the cutest Halloween costumes" at a local PETCO. As for the bunnies? Well, the rescue is probably enough of a gift for now. "It's so nice to have changed their fate," Hilton wrote.

Wow, those must be some HUGE snakes they are feeding <rolls eyes>

I'm sorry but what a pile. You PURCHASED 20+ rabbits from a pet store, you PAID money for them, that is NOT rescuing them! Unless you intend to continue to purchase each and every one that the pet store will bring in to replace the original ones purchased.

So wheres the story on her spaying and neutering these bunnies? Nothing like having 100 inbred bunnies over-running your yard.

[Hamsters82]

I agree with you in the sense where Paris Hilton is a joke and I still don't know how she's a celebrity when she does nothing but have her father's famous last name. I also agree with you when you say she should spay/neuter those bunnies because bunnies have lots of babies fast!

But I don't agree with you in the sense where you said that's not rescuing them. Even if someone does pay for the animal, the animal still isn't going to go to their deaths. So, in a sense, she did rescue those bunnies. That's how that one woman rescued Chewie, she got him away from a pet store. At least I think she paid for the hamsters.

those must be some HUGE snakes they are feeding
^Those are probably the parents. They probably breed those and then give the snakes the baby bunnies, ones that aren't totally full grown as they are.

I wonder if some of those bunnies are Flemish Giants because they're a lot bigger than the regular ones (Floppy Eared, etc) we have at Paws.

[Andrea]

I see some Lion Heads & Rex bunnies... both which are pet stock breeds and full gown.... If there are baby bunnies (Snake size) they are not shown. So really I highly doubt these breed/size rabbits would be going as food.

So… buying a pet in a pet store even though it will just be getting replaced with another poor animal in need while someone is making money off this animal is rescuing?
Rescuing is not just taking an animal away from a "could be" crappy situation, but also trying to stop it from happening again... that pet store animal is just 'stock' and will be replaced... who's going to 'rescue' the next batch?
Pet Stores are benefiting from soft hearted individuals by telling them a sap story ("this animals going to be food", it’s a sales pitch) and then making a person PAY for the animal, just so they can stock their shelf again.
If we don't buy them, they won't bring more in. Then Less animals will be produced in mills.

I 'rescued' a Pet Store animal... the pet store owner asked a friend to kill her b/c she was un-sellable (only 3 legs). He was taking her to the back when i stopped him.
I think stopping the immanent death of an animal that is in any situation anywhere is appropriate, but because there is a 'chance' a hamster/Rat/Mouse/Baby bunny 'may' be food to a snake ... then ask for it, but don't pay for it otherwise we are still adding to the problem by making space for another animal to be put there.
On top of it all, for mice/gerbils/hamster/etc. some of them are bred for food, there is no such thing as ‘snake kibble’. So until people stop owning snakes as pets, they need to be fed (Hence i will not own any animal that needs to eat another animal I keep as a pet)

I hope a Rescue group close to Paris Hilton steps up and helps educate her on the importance and benefits of spaying and neutering. If she can use Rabbits for her own publicity, i hope a rabbit rescue group can do the same, and use her popularity to help rabbits.

[Die Fledermaus]

Maybe she meant well. That is a lot more than others would do.

And yes, it would take an anaconda to swallow those.

Don't get me started on snake people.

[Hamsters82]

I can see what you mean Andrea about the rescuing from a pet store, but at least that one animal was saved.

Then I think about the circle of life thing that all animals must eat, but why do they have to show it to us, you know.