Hazel-Mom
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Actually, the deer and rabbit in Alberta aredifferent ones. I read Tanja's webpage where she describes the picturesof the deer and rabbit she photographed. They lived at the bottom of agarden in a small german village, near the wildlife park (LuneburgerHeide) where Tanja works. (That's also where she has the wolves). Thedeer was orphaned after the mother died in a carcrash. It was rescuedand bottlefed back to health. Then a local wild rabbit startedvisiting, getting ever closer to the baby deer, untill about a weeklater they seemed fully bonded, and were inseperable, even in thewinter. They ate together, slept together, and it even builds a nest inthe deer's favorite place, instead of a warren!
Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a very happy ending for them.
Eventually, the deer was old enough to be caught and brought to a rehabcenter, where orphaned animals like that are tought to survive in thewild, and was later released in a nature park. The rabbit was left inthe garden, and eventually joined the nearby warren of wild rabbits,where it likely came from. Sad though, they were fully bonded andreally seemed to love eachother:sad:.
MyBabyBunnies wrote:
Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a very happy ending for them.
Eventually, the deer was old enough to be caught and brought to a rehabcenter, where orphaned animals like that are tought to survive in thewild, and was later released in a nature park. The rabbit was left inthe garden, and eventually joined the nearby warren of wild rabbits,where it likely came from. Sad though, they were fully bonded andreally seemed to love eachother:sad:.
MyBabyBunnies wrote:
ec,
Those rabbit/deer photos were taken by German photographer Tanja Askanibut they were taken in Alberta, not Germany. I've seen the videos ofthose 2 playing and it's a well known story here. Although I must admitI've never seen a wild rabbit not turn white by the time we have snowand I've never seen a rabbit that stays one color all year in the wild.