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New Survey Shows Rabbits Are The Surprise Winners of Lockdown

To mark the start of this year’s Virtual Rabbit Awareness Week campaign, new research shows the positive impact of lockdown on the UK’s pet rabbit population

This year’s Rabbit Awareness Week takes place Aug 10–23 to help educate owners on how they can provide better levels of care for their rabbits.

There are nearly one million pet rabbits living in the UK but research continues to highlight rabbits are the UK’s most neglected pet.

49% of pet rabbits live alone and 25% of rabbits live in adequate conditions, according to the PDSA’s Animal Welbeing (PAW) Report.

LONDON, 10th August 2020 – New research published today by the organisers of Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW), the UK’s largest welfare campaign for rabbits taking place Aug 10–23, has found that rabbits, widely regarded as the...

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