Category Archives: Rabbit History
Beatrix Potter’s Rabbits – Bouncer Bunny and Peter Piper
Many people know Beatrix Potter by her famous story of Peter Rabbit who broke into Mr. McGregor's garden.
But few realize that Beatrix was a naturalist and true bunny lover! The picture shown here is of Beatrix and her first rabbit "Benjamin Bouncer".
Recently I looked into more of the history of Beatrix and her bunnies. Here is what I found on Penguin's (book publisher) website:
"Benjamin Bouncer
Future Study of Rabbit Relinquishment
By Tasha Welch
My name is Tasha Welch, I am a 4th year BSc.H. Animal Biology student
at the University of Guelph. Over the past 3 months I have been
reviewing literature on the positive and negative implications of the
human – animal bond and discovered there is little research on rabbit
ownership and relinquishment. This lack of research, and my love for
rabbits, has inspired me to develop and conduct my own study in this
field.
