Let's hope it doesn't happen here.

Seeing Red Over Pink Rabbits

The Echo newspaper online reports that pet lovers in the UK are “outraged” and “were horrified at plans to sell the rabbits as the next must have celebrity pet.

A spokeswoman for The British Rabbit Council, said: ‘The Orkney Pink is not a recognized breed - they have just been fed food that has turned them pink.” Then a company director from Wirral, said: “I am totally horrified. Rabbits are very, very difficult animals to look after as pets. These poor things are being paraded around. People could be paying upwards of £500 each ($976 US) for these rabbits for them to be someone’s fashion accessory for five minutes.

Rabbits are the most abandoned pets in the country. It is horrendous.” An editorial in Daily Record of Scotland printed their opinion in “Not So Bunny.” They wrote “hardly the kind of thing to appeal to anyone interested in animal welfare.

If that wasn't enough to put you off buying an Orkney pink, here's another thing. Today, we reveal the man behind the idea is convicted conman David McHugh. If you have been tempted to shell out £700 ($1,367 US) for a fluffy pink rabbit, please take our advice: Don't.”