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May 2009

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Rabbits: Their part in my downfall – Pt 14
Restaurants & rabbits
RSPCA rabbit rescue update

Bunologist •



The importance of a positive meeting
Vision & your bunny
Unusual buddies
Dear Diary
• Clarence the SUPER Spy & the Unknown Enemy
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Wild Rabbits at Risk
What’s News? 10 April 2009 – Scientific American (US)

Study Shows Pet Rabbit Dental Health in


Trouble - 23 April 2009 (UK)
http://www.pethealthcare.co.uk/News/rabbits_in_crisis_181
A study by the British veterinary charity PDSA (People’s
Dispensary for Sick Animals) has shown that over the last
five years the number of dental procedures carried out on
rabbits at its PetAid hospitals has almost quadrupled. Over
the same period, the number of rabbits seen increased by
just 35%. Most of the dental disease seen in rabbits is
attributed to their poor diet.

'Despite being the UK's third most popular pet, with an


estimated 1.6 million currently kept, the welfare needs of
domestic rabbits are widely misunderstood by their owners,' Pygmy Rabbit
said PDSA Senior Veterinary Surgeon Sean Wensley.
'Hundreds of thousands of rabbits face an unhappy, lonely In a very eye-opening slide show, Scientific American
existence in cramped accommodation, whilst being fed an revealed that 30% of the world’s rabbit species are at risk.
inappropriate diet and suffering from a range of painful
diseases. We should re-evaluate the ways in which we The slide show profiled six species of wild rabbit and one
have traditionally kept pet rabbits and start providing them species of hare in danger of extinction in their native
with what we know they need to lead healthy and happy habitats. Included are the European rabbit, Amami rabbit,
lives.' hispid hare, lower keys marsh rabbit, New England
This is why rabbit mixes & pelleted diets are not suitable! cottontail, volcano rabbit, and pygmy rabbit.
HAY should make up 80% of your bunny’s diet to ensure
good dental health. (BOING) To view the slideshow, click here –
http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=bunnies-rabbits-risk-
Our pets at the peak for choc shocks endangered-easter

April 2009 – Monash Leader Newspaper


More Bunny Booms
Monash topped Melbourne for the number of accidental April 2009
chocolate Easter poisonings of pets.
Two more rabbit booms are making headlines:
The Animal Emergency Centre in Mt Waverley treated 22
dogs after the pooches raided their owners’ Easter egg Okaloosa Island, Florida, USA – Pet bunnies dumped.
stash – a common and dangerous mistake for canines,
cats, rabbits, ferrets, birds and other pets. Sydney Harbour Bridge,
Sydney, Australia - a group
Senior veterinarian Dr Rachel Peacock said chocolate for of rabbits, former pets that
humans had the toxic stimulant theobromine, and pets were dumped, are taking over
eating it could become hyperactive, vomit, suffer diarrhoea, the grassy area under the
and drink and urinate a lot. “Hyperactivity may progress to Sydney Harbour Bridge.
seizures. Most deaths are caused by paralysis of the heart
and respiratory muscles,” Dr Peacock said. Feral rabbit population booms in cities have become
increasingly common, as seen in many cities like
“Signs of toxicity are dependent on the size of your pet and Kelowna/Vancouver/Richmond (Canada), Helsinki and
the type of chocolate they have eaten. Smaller pets are more.
more vulnerable to toxicity. Cooking chocolate contains the
highest amounts of theobromine, followed by dark Unwanted domestic rabbits set “free” face a short life due
chocolate and then milk chocolate.” to predators, starvation, injury & illness. In cities, humans
Rabbits are unable to vomit and their small size makes are the biggest threat, placing poisons & traps to destroy
them very vulnerable to chocolate toxicity. Always keep unwanted rabbits (BOING)
chocolate far away from your bunny! (BOING)
The new couple settled in together and everything seemed
Rabbits: Their part in my to be going very well until one day an undignified scuffle
broke out, probably provoked by Princess goading them
downfall – Part 14 from under a door. We were quite shocked to find Pumpkin
and Tinkerbelle fighting, as they had seemed a perfect
By Nimal
twosome. We settled them down, gave them both a stern
talking to and everything returned to normal. All was well
Tinkerbelle (the box bunny) until some time later, when another squabble occurred.
Adopted February 2008 This time we felt we had to separate the fractious couple
for their own good. What followed was an on-again off-
As part of her continuing efforts to improve the lives of again relationship to rival anything from the gossip
bunnies, Karen had done a few newspaper and magazine magazines. They broke up, got back together, broke up
interviews. This was all very again – we completely lost track of what Brad, Jennifer and
well until it became Angelina were up to, as Pumpkin and Tinkerbelle’s
apparent that people who domestic dramas seemed far more newsworthy!
had read these articles
were able to track us down Eventually we worked out that
and find us! The full the difficulties in this stormy
implications of this situation relationship were indeed
hit us one morning when we related to issues of jealousy
found a cardboard box on and provocation from other
the footpath outside our bunnies. Whenever anyone
front gate. There was a else got too close to them, it
note on top of the box, in a was on for young and old!
child’s handwriting, reading: Since they seemed unable to
“Dear Karen, please look cope with the proximity of any
after Minty for us, Caitlin & rival, we moved the difficult
James”. duo out of the house and sent them to the privacy of our
backyard studio, a secluded love-nest free from outside
Inside the box was a very frightened little Himalayan bunny. distractions, and there they were able to live happily
Karen and I looked at each other, aghast. No doubt Karen’s together. One does wonder if Jen had shown the good
main concern was for the welfare of the animal, but I have sense to move into our studio with Brad, whether they
to admit that my mind was also wondering how many more might still be happily married!
bunnies were going to be dumped on us following Karen’s
media exploits! Meanwhile, Karen was fuming. She While Karen soon tempered her initial diagnosis of
promptly wrote a note of her own, berating the parents of Tinkerbelle as a “nutcase”, it was true to say that this bunny
the children for their irresponsible actions. She pinned the had a bit more attitude than most other Himalayans we
note to our gate in case the perpetrators returned to the have known, who have for the most part been delicate, shy
scene, which seemed unlikely. little dears. For instance, Tinkerbelle could be very
possessive about certain things and quite forcibly so. I
So it was that another abandoned rabbit joined the ranks of discovered this to my cost when she took over a day bed
the BOING bunnies. Once she had recovered from the that we had set up in our living room. The day bed was
trauma of having been dumped in a box, “Minty” proved to intended to be a spot where I could lounge about idly on
be quite feisty and Karen had soon declared her a certified weekends, reading the paper and eating nuts, all from a
“nutcase”. Desexing calmed the new bunny down reclining position so as to minimise the risk of unduly
somewhat and we also renamed her so that she wouldn’t exerting myself. However, Tinkerbelle had other ideas. She
bear the moniker bestowed by the pathetic losers who had soon took possession of the day bed, which she clearly
abandoned her. Karen came up with the name regarded as her personal property to be defended with
“Tinkerbelle”, which I secretly thought was possibly even furious zeal! Pumpkin was chased away smartly if he dared
worse than “Minty”! venture onto it and eventually my own attempts to stretch
out were rebuffed as Tinkerbelle nipped and dug
The next step in Tinkerbelle’s rehabilitation was to find her mercilessly at me until I was forced to give way!
a friend. Pumpkin (who had just lost his girlfriend,
Annabelle) was volunteered to fulfill this function, being Later, Tinkerbelle and Pumpkin were moved to the studio.
both affable and available. We set them up in our laundry, The floor of this building had only been partially constructed
separated by a barrier through which they could see and and there was a section that had not been concreted.
smell each other. Our plan was to allow them to get to Finding this area much to her liking, Tinkerbelle promptly
know each other over a couple of weeks and then began excavating a substantial hole (this was the
introduce them under supervised conditions. However, the inspiration for the escape tunnel used by the bunnies in
bunnies had other ideas and took matters into their own James Robertson’s story Clarence the Super-Spy and his
paws. We arrived home one day to find that the barrier had School Friends – see January’s Bunologist). Again, this
been thrust aside, such was the eagerness of the pair to was Tinkerbelle’s personal project and she took a very dim
get together - although judging by the scab forming on view of any interference. Pumpkin was not permitted
Tinkerbelle’s nose, Pumpkin’s first act in the relationship anywhere near the diggings, which we eventually had to
had been to bite her! cover with paving stones in order to prevent the other end
of the tunnel from emerging somewhere in outer Mongolia!

And they lived happily ever after (touch wood!)


Restaurants & rabbits RSPCA rescue update
by Karen
We published the transcript of the RSPCA rescue show that
I can’t speak for all bunny lovers, but I personally become featured a story about a man keeping over 40 rabbits that
enraged when I see rabbit on a restaurant menu or he slaughtered for food on his suburban property in
promoted as food in magazines. Melbourne.

The Age’s Melbourne Magazine has been a frequent rabbit The story was horrendous enough but the follow up of the
abuser when it comes to recipes & promotion. Yet again, story (from an anonymous source) confirmed that all but
the April issue of the magazine printed another recipe from two baby bunnies were euthanased when taken to the
a second offender – The Melbourne Wine Room. RSPCA shelter. The two baby bunnies that were saved
were kept for television purposes so that viewers would
I had sent a letter when the last recipe was published. I assume that most would have been put up for adoption.
tried to be nice. I tried to be educational. They obviously
don’t pay attention or change their ways! This time I have Sadly, too many
changed my tune to outright annoyed. rabbits face
euthanasia at
shelters for no other
reason than there
Nicky Riemer are too many to
Melbourne Wine Room rehome. We know
The George Hotel how difficult it can
125 Fitzroy Street be to find homes for
ST KILDA VIC 3182 unwanted rabbits,
however it is still a
RE: MELBOURNE MAGAZINE RECIPE PAGES very disappointing
outcome for so many bunnies that never had a second
Dear Nicky chance to feel love & affection at any time in their lives.

I’m not sure why chefs continue to think that rabbit is some
sort of “gourmet” food they continually trudge out to their
dimwitted patrons. RSPCA Rehoming
The whole rabbit issue is a sensitive area when it comes to
This month the RSPCA contacted me asking about how
the community. Wild rabbits are introduced, yet domestic
BOING assesses the personalities of rabbits that come to
rabbits are loving & affectionate family pets.
us.
As wild rabbits are considered an introduced pest, the vast
Possibly the TV show & a few recent negative truths about
majority of ill-informed patrons assume it’s okay to eat
rabbit rehoming at the RSPCA have now encouraged the
rabbit. Stupidly, restaurant patrons & chefs pay no
organisation to take rabbits seriously.
attention to the fact that wild rabbit is rarely served as food
in restaurants. However, domestic pet rabbits are the ones
The enquiry was directed towards establishing how the
that are treated inhumanely in factory farms & slaughtered
RSPCA can assess the personality & character of rabbits
for the table.
that come into the shelter. Unfortunately, any bunnies that
come into a shelter will be frightened, anxious & stressed
As a pet rabbit owner, I am horrified to see my pets
and you cannot assess the personality of a rabbit under
continually served up on a menu & refuse to accept
these circumstances.
slaughter of any pets as a food source.
I mentioned to the staff member that I would never assess
Of course I will not be patronising your restaurant, as I do
a rabbit’s personality until they had been desexed.
not visit any establishment that serves my pets as food. I
Desexing calms rabbits and ensures they will not be fired
also return the enclosed pages from the Melbourne
up with hormones.
magazine as I do not want them anywhere near my home.
I mentioned that rabbits need time to adjust to their
Once you start serving up cats & dogs on your menu, I
environment. A rabbit’s real personality will not emerge
shall acknowledge the community’s need to eat common
until they feel safe & secure, so you cannot judge a rabbit’s
pets. “Ooh yes….. I’ll have the cat-cciatore please. Oh, no
behaviour from the moment they arrive.
wait…. I’ll have the roast Labrador instead. However, the
braised budgie does sound delicious!” Mmmmm
I also mentioned that the RSPCA should think about aiming
rabbit adoptions to more mature clients in order to break
Yours sincerely
the stereotype that rabbits are pets only for children.
I found these articles on the rabbit advocate web blog. For
anyone interested in bunny care, there are some great
articles to read here -
Vision & your bunny
How you approach a rabbit is more important than you
http://therabbitadvocate.blogspot.com/ might think. As we all know, rabbits are prey animals and
this fact should guide you as you interact with your bunny.
Accordingly, if your rabbit is relatively skittish, don't walk
up to her too quickly. A big, dark object quickly coming at a
bunny can be quite scary! Instead sit down on the floor (or
The Importance of a get even smaller and lay down) and your curious rabbit will
approach you. This is a much less threatening way to
Positive Meeting interact with your pet and leads to a stronger, more
trusting bond.

Initial interactions are crucial in establishing a rapport with Another thing to keep in mind is eyesight. Rabbits' eyes
your house rabbit or a bunny you're meeting for the first are located on the side of their heads, (evolutionarily, for a
time. Because many people instinctively approach a rabbit higher range of sight, to escape those predators!) so
as they would a cat or a dog--by placing a hand right in front naturally they cannot see well right in front of them. You
of their noses for them to sniff--they are getting started off may have noticed your bunny tilting her head to the side
on the wrong foot, er, paw. As polite of an animal when trying to see something in front of her; this is to
introduction as this would seem, rabbits are actually compensate this blind spot. It's important to be aware of
offended by this gesture, mostly due to their limited vision in this challenge in visibility, so you don't scare your bunny by
front of their faces. Such offensive gestures often elicit coming at her from the front. Rabbits can even react
fearful or aggressive responses, which leads the human to aggressively if they can't make out exactly what is in front
dismiss the rabbit as unfriendly, jumpy, or a bad pet. of them, so teaching your children about this blind spot can
Instead, try coming down from the top and petting her help avoid an accidental scratch (or bite!).
forehead or scratching behind the ears. Or, you can even
do as the rabbits do, and get down on their level and touch The best advice on approach is to move slowly, make
noses. With only your head in their field of vision, you yourself seem small, and to encourage your rabbit come to
suddenly don't seem so large and intimidating. you instead of the other way around.

The differences between interacting with dogs/cats and


rabbits don't stop there. While most dogs and cats love belly
rubs, the stomach area is an exceptionally sensitive area for
rabbits and very much off-limits. This makes sense
considering as prey animals they must fiercely protect such
vulnerable areas, whereas predatory pets--like cats, dogs,
or even ferrets --might not be so sensitive about vital areas.
Rabbits also prefer not to be touched on their paws, chin,
chest, sides, tail, and genital region. But this is not to say
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Unusual buddies http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1103645/Meet-Jasmine-rescue-
dog-surrogate-mother-50th-time.html

William & Charles When Jasmine the abandoned greyhound arrived at a


28 April 2009 – Devon (UK) wildlife sanctuary shivering and desperate for food, she
http://newslite.tv/2009/04/28/miniature-pig-and-giant-rabbit.html needed all the love in the world to nurse her back to full
health.

Now it appears the kindness and patience shown to her


has rubbed off - for the rescue dog has become a
surrogate mother for the 50th time.

Seven-year-old Jasmine is
currently caring for tiny Bramble,
an 11-week-old roe deer fawn
found semi-conscious in a nearby
field.

She cuddles up to her to keep her


warm, showers her with affection
and makes sure nothing is matted
in her fur. In short, the perfect
foster mum.
A miniature pig called William has found an unusual friend in
a giant white rabbit called Charles.
But then again, she has had plenty
of practice, having cared for 5 fox
The pair have become best buddies at Pennywell Farm in
cubs, 4 badger cubs, 15 chicks, 8 guinea pigs, 2 stray
Devon and spend most of their time together.
puppies and even 15 rabbits.
Bosses at the farm attraction say the friendship developed
Jasmine was brought to the Nuneaton and Warwickshire
after ten-week-old William was moved into a pen next to the
Wildlife Sanctuary by the police in 2003, having been
rabbits.
found dumped in a garden shed.
He instantly took a shine to floppy-eared Charles - who is
She was cold, filthy and malnourished. It took a few
double his size - and now whenever they are let out, he
weeks for her to fully trust staff at the centre but with
follows him around.
tender loving care she was nursed back to full fitness.
Chris Murray of Pennywell Farm said: "To keep William the
Five years on, Jasmine is now the one looking after stray
miniature pig happy, he is given time out on the grass.
waifs.
"When they are out Charles heads for a quiet spot in the sun
Geoff Grewcock, who runs the sanctuary, said: 'She
and William seeks him out and tries to play with him.
simply dotes on the animals as if they were her on, it's
incredible to see.
"The cheeky piglet seems to have no fear of something so
much bigger than he is and he will also help himself to any
'She takes all the stress out of them and it helps them to
food that Charles has.
not only feel close to her but to settle into their new
surroundings.
"William is far keener on the friendship than Charles but
Charles is tolerant, even when his food gets taken"
'As soon as an animal is brought in, she walks over takes
a sniff or two and then licks and cuddles them.
William will eventually grow to the size of a springer spaniel
which, while small for a pig, is two or three times the size of
Charles.

Jasmine with another one of her 'babies'.


You swine! That carrot was mine! She has cared for 15 rabbits in total
Talking about Princess, she has had terrible toileting
Dear Diary problems lately. Not wet & sticky, but instead her poos
have been very dry, dark and stuck together with fur.
By Karen
Princess is a big fan of hay so we haven’t a problem with
fibre. I’ve tried various things to assist with her ingested fur
Gee, where do I start?? This month has been quite
problem by grooming her, giving her extra wet veggies to
traumatic & very sad. After publishing the story about our
eat, giving her more green grass & dandelions and even
Sarah bunny in our last issue, she very sadly passed away
trying Oxbow papaya tablets.
on Easter Monday. We will miss her very much as she was
such a beautiful natured bunny who we all adored.

Worse still, we were just getting over the sudden loss of our
Sarah bunny when one of our boarder buns became very
ill. She wasn’t eating & looked uncomfortable. I cared for
her as best I could – syringe feeding her every two hours
overnight with critical care & water. I had felt unusual
swollen lumps near her ribs but was hoping they were not
serious. Unfortunately, I had a suspicion that all was not
well. She was rushed to the emergency vet the next
morning for treatment. X-rays revealed she had uterine
cancer & it had spread. We were devastated & her human
friend (who was still away on a trip overseas) was heart
broken. Sadly, Michelle had to make the decision to let
Bobbi the bunny go peacefully. Bobbi was only four years
old. I know many people swear by papaya tablets but I didn’t
see any improvement. I did, however, see an improvement
So, life at The Do Hop Inn has been very emotional this in her poo production when I started serving Princess a
month.
soupy bowl of Oxbow critical care each evening before she
went to bed. This seems to have made a big difference in
Peanut was devastated losing his true love Sarah. We her rehydration & production of bigger single poos again.
moved him back next to his old friend Stuart so he would
have someone familiar nearby. Over the next few weeks
we reintroduced the boys in the lounge room to see if they
remembered each other. Stuart (who has never been
interested in any other bunny we’ve introduced him to since
Peanut) remembered his old chum straight away. I shed a
little tear watching the two buns reunite and snuggle. It
was really lovely (apart from both boys spraying each other
in the face a couple of times – hey, shows they like each
other!). They’re both back together in the kitchen and we
hope that they stay happy together for a long, long time.
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Sunshine had put her lace hat in her pocket before they’d
Clarence the SUPER-SPY departed. Ally had fainted again! Third time!

Alleluia! They’d finally gotten to Beijing. And only two hours to


spare, until the big speech. Ally had regained consciousness
again and they’d dropped the queen off at the Beijing stadium.
and the Unknown Enemy She’d thanked them very, very, very, very, very, very, very
sincerely.
(part 2)
By James Robertson ‘So, what’s gonna happen now?’ asked Bunneary. ‘Do we go
home or stay for the big speech?’
The bright moon shone onto Clarence’s shimmering fur. He was
munching on some salvaged carrots from the plane wreckage. He Clarence shook his black head, his ears flapping. ‘I forgot to tell
was lying on the beach with his companions and Queen Sunshine you that when I was taking the Sky Skier apart I found a bit of Mr.
III. They’d been awake all night and now it was around three Beaver information,’ he said conversationally. ‘It’s the location of
o’clock in the morning (they didn’t have a watch). The Big Speech Mr. Beaver’s main base.’
was in seven hours and the plane had been smashed into tiny
pieces. No hope at all. They all stared at him in bewilderment. Clarence pulled out a little,
wiry device and started pressing the glowing buttons. ‘I want to
*Spy-Notes: The Big Speech has been going on for seventeen give Mr. Beaver a piece of my mind.’
years. The big speech gives every company a large amount of
money on the day. It happens every ten years. The last Big ‘Me too!’
Speech was in 1999, which was stationed in Germany. The one *
before it was in 1989, which was stationed in Brazil. They’d collected a new
Chinese spy plane and flew
They were all miserable, especially Clarence. ‘Hey guys, I’ll go to the west side of China
and see if I can salvage anything else,’ he said. immediately. As usual,
Clarence was the
He lifted himself from the sand and started walking over to the professional pilot, Chief
dense jungle. He crawled through the lush, green bushes, coming Guinea pig the co pilot in
closer to where he thought the wreckage was. When he came into training and Pancake was again the beautiful stewardess
the clearing he noticed he wasn’t in the same spot where the (pictured above).
wreckage was meant to be. He only saw huge coconut trees
rising into the sky, long tall grass and a Mr. Beaver bounty hunter They were headed for a place in the Takla Makan Desert called
Sky Skier…… Wait a minute! the Canyon of No Return. It sounds very scary and it was. They
smoothly landed the ship at the very bottom of the deep canyon.
Clarence scampered over to the thin bike machine and saw that it They all clambered out, with many gadgets and weapons in their
was in one piece. Hope filled his heart. paws. Musky air wiped their faces as they raced through the
canyon’s dusty trench, leaving the ship behind. Pancake was
He dragged the machine all the way back to the beach, to show to holding Ally steadily. Clarence walking determinedly with Kitty and
his friends. Hope was flaring. Chief Guinea pig following his example. Bunneary was lolly
gagging around with a butterfly. James stood above the rest. The
Clarence knew just what to do with the machine. They discussed wiry device Clarence was wielding was flashing harder: they were
his plan. And it worked. getting closer.

He had another idea for the machine and he had to do it before They came to a huge brick wall on the side of the canyon. Many
the Big Speech. cryptic signs were put up, they said things like: KEEP OUT! GO
AWAY!
They’d used the orange life boat (that had saved their lives) for
the plan. Bunneary, James and Kitty helped Clarence take apart They all aimed their weapons at the wall and blasted it to pieces,
the Sky Skier. Ally, Pancake and Chief Guinea pig were shoving just like Mr. Beaver’s bounty hunters had done to their ship. They
all the salvaged equipment, food and clothing into the life boat. ran through the wide hole and down a pipe lined tunnel. To
But Queen Sunshine just sat back and watched lazily. Pancake it smelt like rotten bunny mix, engine fuel and dinosaur
droppings. But to Bunneary it smelt of roses, salt licks and daisy
After what seemed like an hour the life boat was loaded up and juice.
they were all ready. Every piece of salvaged item was loaded in
the small inflatable boat, with the miniature engine attached to the They came into a large, painted room with many controls and
back (from the Sky Skier). buttons, piles of chocolate wrappers and one huge TV screen.
The one and only Mr. Beaver was sitting in the middle of the
The six super spies and the queen squished into the cramped room, his eyes glued to the TV and munching on the chocolate
boat. James pushed the heavy boat into the shallow water. He bars. He was watching the big speech on the TV, getting close to
jumped in before it was too late. the part when Queen Sunshine III comes on stage.

Clarence pulled at the engine’s long lever. It started chugging off. ‘Ok guys, we have to get his attention, without making him
VRRROOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!! cranky,’ whispered Clarence.

The boat zoomed off into the open water. Their dark surroundings But Pancake, Kitty and Bunneary were already off. Tip toeing
were a blur to them. toward Mr. Beaver. Actually they were going to the desk top
behind him. Bunneary grabbed the TV remote and pressed the
OFF button.
The angry face of Mr. Beaver turned ‘Don’t take another step forward,’ Pancake pulled out a yellow
around and glared at them. He rose coloured weapon. ‘Because I have a banana!’ She held out the
up from the huge pile of empty banana threateningly at the bounty hunters. They cackled with
chocolate wrappers. He looked much laughter. They thought it was a joke. So did I.
bigger than they’d imagined, with his ‘Yeah, but this is a weapon.’ She squeezed the banana and it shot
eyes blood shot under the black out a yellow laser blast that bounced back the bounty hunters.
glasses and his large teeth chocolate
stained. ‘Sweet’.

‘What in the name of Mr. Beaver Industries are you doing here, Clarence was alert! But not alert enough. The shampoo squeezer
Clarence!’ he blustered. ‘No one and I mean no one; especially (the machine that puts all the shampoo into the containers) hit
you are not s’pose to come to my base.’ Clarence with a gush of shampoo that sent him into the arms of
James. Oh no, Clarence was squeaky clear! So clean that he
Pancake, Chief Guinea pig, Bunneary, Kitty and Ally hid behind slipped out onto the floor and bounced, smashed into the
James and Clarence’s legs. ‘We meet again Mr. Beaver,’ said shampoo deposit, thus clogging it up.
Clarence. ‘We have all come here to give you a piece of our
minds.’ Sparks were flying in the air, smoke buffing out of the machine.
BOOOOM!!!!
Mr. Beaver gave a sly grin. ‘I can still remember when you left me
stranded in the Atlantic Ocean,’ he muttered. ‘I’m still plotting The whole factory area of Mr. Beaver’s base was blown up sky
revenge on you.’ high, sending sand into the air. And the bounty hunters were still
coming to capture them. Fast! But, Ally wouldn’t allow that. Nearly
*Spy-Notes: Clarence has met Mr. Beaver in person two times blinded by the flying sand he pulled out a bottle of glue and
before. The first time he tried to steal Clarence’s brain. The other poured it into the shampoo squeezer, aimed it at the evil hunters
time was when he blew up Mr. Beaver’s great experiment, which and shot a whole gloop of sticky shampoo at them, which stopped
would change the world in a bad way. the hunters dead in their tracks.
*
Clarence scratched his ear. ‘Yeah, but as I was saying we came Peace at last. After Clarence had rounded the bounty hunters up
to ask you why you sent some of your bounty hunters to ruin our to jail, he and the rest of the team flew back to Beijing to celebrate
escort?’ he said. ‘I mean why would you want the Big Speech to Easter and a good mission clear. Mr. Beaver was invited - it
be delayed, your Mr. Beaver Industries would get some money looked like there was an alliance between Clarence and Mr.
from it?’ Beaver. Only for the day.

Mr. Beaver stared at them blankly. ‘I never sent any of my bounty They’d had an Easter party with A LOT of chocolate eggs at the
hunters to ruin your escort,’ he said in a confused tone. ‘You’re VIP room at the crowded Beijing Stadium. Queen Sunshine was
right, why would I stop the Big Speech?’ partying with them. And Peanut and Sarah were there too.
Apparently they were on their fifty eighth honeymoon. Pancake
Clarence looked around his teammates for ideas, but they didn’t had coated her body with maple syrup: Kitty thought it was
need any ideas. The bounty hunters were in the doorway. ‘You needed. Kitty was just brooding around coolly. Bunneary had
got that right, we stopped the escort on our own accord,’ said one gone crazy again, this time from eating too much chocolate.
of the bounty hunters slyly. ‘And now we will destroy you and Peanut followed his example and started going mad too.
these pathetic Super Spies.’
‘Doooooooiiilllllaaaa huggggi
‘Mutiny!’ four snoooow booolll!’
‘Pathetic!?’ ‘Aghh! Get away Bunneary!’
‘Attack!!!!’ (pictured left)

Before any of them could blast the bounty hunters, the ceiling had He charged down the room
magnetised all their weapons and gadgets onto a huge magnetic and gave Chief Guinea pig a
plate. spine-smashing hug of
unfriendly proportions, again.
‘Run!!!!!!!!!!!’
‘Dooooooiiiillllaa huggggggii four sarrrrrrrie!’
They (including Mr. Beaver) ran past the bounty hunters and
through the pipe lined tunnel. The hunters shot Net Blasters at He ran over and hugged the reflection of Sarah until the mirror
them, but James karate chopped them away. broke.

They ran into the huge factory area with the many conveyor belts They partied for some time. And Clarence, James, Kitty, Chief
and levers. They jumped onto the nearest conveyor belt and ran Guinea pig, Bunneary, Ally, Pancake, Peanut, Sarah, the Queen
down to the shampoo deposit, the bounty hunters hot on their and Mr. Beaver had a very happy ending.
heels. The empty shampoo containers came sliding toward them,
they all jumped out of the way of the incoming containers….
except Pancake and James, who’d got tripped over and fell off the The End!
conveyor belt. Two other bounty hunters jumped off on cue,
holding up the Net Blasters threateningly.

We dedicate this month’s newsletter to our beautiful Sarah the chocolate


bunny! You were not with us long enough & we will all sadly miss you.

Love Karen, Nimal & Peanut


& all the BOING bunnies xxxx

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