Mysteriuos Rabbit Lover Sets Pets Free
Norwich (UK):
A rabbit-loving family have been left bemused after a mystery prowler apparently opened their pet's hutch overnight in a failed bid to free it.
Seven-year-old Melissa Notley and her two-year-old brother Elliot were relieved their beloved lop-eared bunny, Daisy, stayed put in the garden hutch although the door was unlocked over the weekend.
The Notleys are not the only family who have been targeted by rabbit liberators, with police receiving a string of similar reports. "If he'd got out, the children would have been distressed because we haven't had it that long," said their mum Kathryn Notley, who lives with her husband Paul, 36, in Thorpe St Andrew.
"We've had it since April," she said. "It's the children's pet. They spend a lot of time with them. The little one is always up there playing around at the hutch."
Mrs Notley, a customer services assistant at the Pound Lane branch of Sainsbury's, said people living in the area believed a mystery animal lover had been releasing rabbits from their hutches.
"In the past week or so, we've had someone prowling around in Thorpe St Andrew and they appear to be letting rabbits out of their hutches," she said.
Mrs Notley said her neighbour's rabbit got away after its hutch door was opened on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Mrs Notley said the gate to her hutch was opened Sunday night or Monday morning.
"It seems as if there's a prowler on the loose - my neighbour heard footsteps outside her bedroom window during the night last week."
Kristina Raines, a spokeswoman for Norwich police, said: "We have received a report of a suspected prowler in the area of Spinney Close in Norwich over the last few days.
"Our information is that rabbit hutches in the area have been tampered with."
Oct 06, 2005
Peter walsh, Norwich Evening News, UK
Norwich (UK):
A rabbit-loving family have been left bemused after a mystery prowler apparently opened their pet's hutch overnight in a failed bid to free it.
Seven-year-old Melissa Notley and her two-year-old brother Elliot were relieved their beloved lop-eared bunny, Daisy, stayed put in the garden hutch although the door was unlocked over the weekend.
The Notleys are not the only family who have been targeted by rabbit liberators, with police receiving a string of similar reports. "If he'd got out, the children would have been distressed because we haven't had it that long," said their mum Kathryn Notley, who lives with her husband Paul, 36, in Thorpe St Andrew.
"We've had it since April," she said. "It's the children's pet. They spend a lot of time with them. The little one is always up there playing around at the hutch."
Mrs Notley, a customer services assistant at the Pound Lane branch of Sainsbury's, said people living in the area believed a mystery animal lover had been releasing rabbits from their hutches.
"In the past week or so, we've had someone prowling around in Thorpe St Andrew and they appear to be letting rabbits out of their hutches," she said.
Mrs Notley said her neighbour's rabbit got away after its hutch door was opened on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Mrs Notley said the gate to her hutch was opened Sunday night or Monday morning.
"It seems as if there's a prowler on the loose - my neighbour heard footsteps outside her bedroom window during the night last week."
Kristina Raines, a spokeswoman for Norwich police, said: "We have received a report of a suspected prowler in the area of Spinney Close in Norwich over the last few days.
"Our information is that rabbit hutches in the area have been tampered with."
Oct 06, 2005
Peter walsh, Norwich Evening News, UK
