A Hutch is Not Enough

Too many pet rabbits are kept in inadequate conditions -- cages that are too small, left out in unsheltered housing, fed a poor diet.

The RWAF has a campaign,  A Hutch is Not Enough, that aims to educate owners and potential owners of how to properly provide and care for their rabbits. Here is the video that accompanies a song written especially for the campaign:

The words to the song are:

I'm alone and you can't see me 

Once a day you throw me food

Forgotten here, there is no freedom

I'm invisible to you...

I came from family, now I'm lonely 

A garden ghost, I'll hide away 

This tiny hutch, I'm one and only 

I long for space a friend to play
 

Behind the wire, a world of sorrow 

Your prisoner, in silence waits 

Yesterday, today, tomorrow 

My quiet life will ebb away...
 

Because a hutch is not enough 

Time ran out and then the love 

Interest waned and the novelty wore off 

Because a hutch is not enough 

Oh a hutch is not enough 

I may not cry but I need love 

A little grass and a friend to cheer me up 

Because a hutch, is not enough...
 

I'm alone and you can't see me 

Once a day you throw me food 

Forgotten here, there is no freedom 

I'm invisible to you...

When I hurt I cannot tell you 

When I need I have no choice 

Think of me and be my hero 

You are mine, you are my voice

Behind the wire, a world of sorrow 

Your prisoner, in silence waits 

Yesterday, today, tomorrow 

My quiet life will ebb away...

Because a hutch is not enough 

Time ran out and then the love 

nterest waned and the novelty wore off 

Because a hutch is not enough 

Oh a hutch is not enough 

I may not cry but I need love 

A little grass and a friend to cheer me up 

Because a hutch, is not enough...

© Maria Daines/Paul Killington