Rabbits

I saw a version of this picture on Shorpy:

source: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017850811/ 

https://www.shorpy.com/node/27816 

When I see kids holding rabbits I think of three things:

1) Hasenfus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Hasenfus 

He was originally from Wisconsin - having a name like: "rabbit's foot" was NOT lucky for old Gene !

2) That zoo in northern Denmark that wants pet owners to donate their pets for zoo predator food, yikes !

3) My brief time as a rabbit owner as a kid.  I built a cage with chicken wire just like the ones in the photo above except that mine was painted white.  I don't remember if I had time to give the rabbit a name because one of the neighborhood dogs tunneled through that chicken wire without a problem.  I also remember Farmer Glaubitz's wife - she sold rabbits, one time several of us went to see her and there was only one rabbit left so she did "eenie-meenie" to pick a winner - that was the first time I ever heard a white adult casually use the "N" word.

Rabbits => on the whole they have a negative association in my mind, even counting Easter candy !

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm