Do rabbits live in the wild?

Answer 1

Yes, there are many wild hares that live in forests and snow. Like the arctic hares live in northern Canada and parts of Greenland. Also the European Hare lives in Europe, some parts of Central Asia, A small part in Mid-Northern North America, Southern South America, and South-Eastern Oceania.

Answer 2

Dutch rabbits do not occur naturally in the wild. A dutch rabbit found in the "wild" is likely a pet released by an irresponsible former owner. Such a rabbit is likely to become a meal for a local predator, a cruel and painful way to die.

Answer 3

First answer: Yes a tame rabbit can live in the wild, but they just wouldn't live very long. A wild rabbit doesn't live for very long in the wild. There are way too many predators, looking for a meal.

Second answer: No, a pet rabbit can't live in the wild.

Wild rabbits have instincts about where they live -- they know how to find the right food, they know what food is poisonous, they know how to hide from predators and protect themselves from the weather -- and STILL they die very young. Pet rabbits have none of these instincts.

Pet rabbits aren't just "tame": they've been domesticated for almost a thousand years, and they've been removed from their natural habitat. How could they possibly survive in the wild? If your pet rabbit escapes, or you let it go, it will live a short, miserable, terrifying life.

Think of it this way: Let's say someone is taken as a baby and put in a room. They grow up in that room, their food provided for, no dangers to think of avoiding, no challenges at all. They're given a mate and they have a baby. That baby grows up in the room, too, and has its own baby, who has its own baby, and so on. At about age 15, you take that latest child, lead it to the front door, and let it out. Will that kid survive on her own? Is that kid anything like another 15 year old, raised in the normal way? No.

Once an animal is domesticated, it relies on human care. If you don't want that responsibility, don't get a pet.