{"id":36740,"date":"2017-04-04T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=36740"},"modified":"2017-04-04T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:43:11","slug":"choose-chocolate-not-live-bunnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=36740","title":{"rendered":"Choose Chocolate&#8230;.Not Live Bunnies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;Springtime Greetings from your Calaveras Humane Society. In recent years, we&#8217;ve happily seen the trend of giving children live bunnies, chicks or ducklings in their Easter baskets begin to fizzle away.  We encourage you to &#8220;choose chocolate&#8221; (plush critters are great too!) and only give your kids live creatures if you&#8217;re prepared to provide for their needs and make them a permanent part of your family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd-570x391.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd-80x55.jpg 80w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd-500x343.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone considering bringing home a bunny should know:<\/p>\n<p>* Rabbits are not &#8220;low-maintenance&#8221; pets &#8212; they need as much care and attention as dogs and cats.<br \/>\n* Rabbits have an average lifespan of 8-14 years.<br \/>\n* Most children lose interest in a live bunny after only a few weeks.<br \/>\n* Rabbits need regular veterinary care by a vet who has additional training in exotics.<br \/>\n* Rabbits must have an adult as their primary caregiver.<br \/>\n* Rabbits are the third most frequently surrendered animal at shelters, and the third most euthanized.<\/p>\n<p>If you do decide to &#8220;go live&#8221; this Easter, however, our friends at the House Rabbit Society offer comprehensive information on how to care for your new bunny companion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rabbit.org\/articles\/\">http:\/\/rabbit.org\/articles\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;Springtime Greetings from your Calaveras Humane Society. In recent years, we&#8217;ve happily seen the trend of giving children live bunnies, chicks or ducklings in their Easter baskets begin to fizzle away. We encourage you to &#8220;choose chocolate&#8221; (plush critters are great too!) and only give your kids live creatures if you&#8217;re prepared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":36741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/066c9dc0-b46e-497e-b2f6-601d17a0a6cd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}