Magic Jack

This black-tailed jackrabbit is a bit of a miracle. Few rabbits survive an attack. This little female came in dehydrated and hungry. Her eyes had just opened and the bunny had the blurry-eyed gaze of an animal still not fully sited. This little baby was so small she fit in the palm of the 10-year-old child who gave it to me for rehabilitation.

Here Majic Jack is seen, not quite ready for release. Although she exhibits at the instinctive startle response that one of her species needs for survival; she's still a bit too friendly with her human carer as the rabbit tries to climb onto the carer's lap in hopes of a nibble -- a carrot or a piece of apple -- or two.