Police probe after rabbit ‘kicked to death’ in Earby

Police are continuing their investigations after a giant rabbit was suspected of being kicked to death in Earby last Thursday night.

Edward, a two-and-a-half-year-old British giant rabbit, was found bleeding from its mouth on Goodall Close, Earby, and died later having had a seizure.

Kim Gouldsbrough, Edward’s owner, said he had escaped from the garden where she and her three children live in nearby Green End Avenue.

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She added the family is devastated by what has happened saying: “Edward wasn’t a normal rabbit. We let him wander down the street and the kids loved him. They to dress him up and push him around in a pram. The whole community knew Edward.

“He was such a friendly rabbit and didn’t know anything else. I can’t believe anybody could do that, it’s disgusting.”

Police are in consultation with the RSPCA before deciding what to do and the rabbit has undergone a post-mortem to establish the cause of death.

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