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The Mansfield Chad prints a Make Mine Chocolate! readers letter.

The Mansfield Chad picked up on the Make Mine Chocolate! campaign through their readers page.

News of the Make Mine Chocolate! Campaign crosses the Solent

The Make Mine Chocolate! campaign has crossed the Solent to the Isle of Wight, the following article has been spotted in the 25.3.10 edition of the wwww.wightbay.com Rabbits are not good Easter presents – a rabbit costs as much as a dog to keep correctly and may live well into it’s teens. Please look at the Make Mine Chocolate campaign before even thinking of buying a rabbit as an Easter...

The Daily Mirror 29.3.10 reports on the cost of keeping rabbits.

  The Daily Mirror has published an article helping to publicise the cost of keeping rabbits which for many people is a contributory factor in them giving up rabbits which may have been bought on impulse. Recent statistics produced by Make Mine Chocolate! have confirmed that 40% of all rabbits handed over to animal rescues centres have only been purchased six months prior to being given...

The RWAF supports the Make Mine Chocolate Easter Campaign on Vetclick.co.uk

Bad Deal for the Easter Bunny The connection between rabbits and Easter is well known, and well used in the media at this time of year. They’re cute, they’re cuddly and they’re easy on the eye. But unfortunately Easter is the worst time for pet rabbits. The sad fact is that statistically, rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK, but are amongst the most neglected and abused....

The Easter Make Mine Chocolate! campaign has reached the Department for Schools, Children and Families Website.

Rabbits are a familiar symbol of the Easter holiday. In the days leading up to it, they appear on television commercials, gifts and chocolate, and stores are filled with stuffed rabbits. It is no surprise then that children beg their parents for a bunny of their own. Ill-prepared to care for these often fragile and nervous animals, their “owners” often quickly tire of them. In the months...

Scarborough Evening News mentions the Make Mine Chocolate Easter Campaign

AN Egton Bridge woman who runs a retreat for rabbits is pleading with Whitby people to end their sale as Easter presents. The UK Make Mine Chocolate campaign aims to raise awareness of the sad plight of the thousands of pet rabbits bought as presents at Easter and then abandoned months if not weeks later. Halina Varga, of The Rabbit Retreat at Southside Farm in Egton Bridge, said: “The idea of...

Egton woman’s concern at Easter rabbits sale reported in the Esk Valley Today.

AN Egton Bridge woman who runs a retreat for rabbits is pleading with Whitby people to end their sale as Easter presents. The UK Make Mine Chocolate campaign aims to raise awareness of the sad plight of the thousands of pet rabbits bought as presents at Easter and then abandoned months if not weeks later. Halina Varga, of The Rabbit Retreat at Southside Farm in Egton Bridge, said: “The idea of...

Ruth Oddie Manages Another Plug for Make Mine Chocolate! in the Herts’s Advertiser

  Thanks to Ruth Odie this is what was reported in the 13th March 2010 Hert’s Advertiser. AN evening of fun, games and music is being held this weekend to raise much-needed funds for a rabbit and guinea pig sanctuary. The harsh winter has meant that the animals under Ruth Oddie’s care at Agatha’s Annex in Tarrant Drive, Harpenden, have got through more bedding and food than...

Make Mine Chocolate! Reaches the Airwaves of BBC Radio Wales

BBC Wales are scheduled to interview Anne Mitchell from Make Mine Chocolate! at 10.00 hours on Good Friday 2nd April 2010 about its Easter campaign to raise awareness that Rabbits should not be bought on impulse or bought as gifts and presents particuarly at Easter time. Tune in to 105 – 106 FM to hear what Anne Mitchell has to say about the campaign. .

Make Mine Chocolate! Campaign Reaches the Airwaves of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire are set to interview Anne Mitchell from Make Mine Chocolate at 07.20 hours on Tuesday 30th March 2010 about the Easter campaign to raise awareness that Rabbits shouldn’t be bought as gifts and presents. Tune in to 95.7 FM or 96.0 FM to hear what Anne Mitchell has to say about the campaign. .