A Long Island teen attending college in Rhode Island has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing a rabbit with a hockey stick and then using the carcass as a puck. Nicholas Coyle, 19, a lacrosse player at Salve Regina University, faces a felony charge of malicious injury to an animal. “Any form of abuse or torture of an animal is completely unacceptable and is contrary to the values of Salve Regina University,” the university said in a statement. more ›

Fashion Week is nearly here, and PETA is totally prepared to combat any designer that dare bring fur into the tents. Longtime PETA target Donna Karan will allegedly be under an aural assault from the group this Saturday, near her Midtown offices. The Observer reports that "a source within PETA that the group has a permit from the city that allows it to 'blast Karan's offices with the sound of screaming rabbits'... and carry signs that say Donna Karan: Bunny Butcher." PETA says the noise will not exceed 75 decibels at 10 feet away, which is about the same level as a lawnmower. more ›

You'll have to go to the Animal Care & Control of NYC, located at 326 East 110th Street (between 1st and 2nd Aves), to adopt the rabbits however. There, rabbit experts will be on hand to provide information on caring for the critters, which they say make great house pets. more ›

When's the last time you saw a rabbit in Central Park? According to the Daily News, you'd be a liar if you said anytime after 2006. The paper reports that the last wild rabbit was spotted around four years ago in the north end of the park; since then, real rabbits have become as mythical as the Easter Bunny. more ›

Yesterday (just in time for Easter!) the Prospect Park Zoo alerted potential visitors that their 3-year-old Flemish giant rabbit—Herbie, who weights in at 18 lbs—is available for petting! They note: "zoo-goers can greet Herbie and touch other animals at the Live Animal Encounters program held every Saturday and Sunday at 12:30, 1:00, 2:30, 3:00 p.m." Surprisingly, this big guy is a full 10 lbs lighter than some others of his kind! more ›

Ever wonder where the main ingredient in that rabbit soup served up at Marlow & Sons was before it landed in your bowl? The Food Curated folk just visited the farm where Marlow (Sons and Daughters) and Savoy in SoHo get their meat from. The good news is it's a local, sustainable farm (run by John Fazio)—no hormones or antibiotics are used and he clearly cares about his product (if you've seen Food, Inc. you know how important this is); the bad news is 400 cute bunnies die a week! more ›

Have you seen any creepy rabbits in suits walking around town? It seems Twitter is abuzz with sightings. We've deduced that there's not a Furry Convention in town, and neither Donnie Darko or Inland Empire are getting released on Blu-Ray this weekend... so our guess is that they're here to promote SyFy's Alice in Wonderland (which premieres this Sunday). That, or just to scare the hell out of us. more ›

The Post finds out that if sold, the inflated balloon of artist Jeff Koons' Rabbit, which made its debut appearance in the 81st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, would go for $5 million. The balloon isn't for sale, but the parade is so happy with the balloon that it's interested in ideas from other artists. Um, formaldehyde Damien shark, anyone? Or how about a Takashi Murakami Mr. Pointy balloon? Dan Flavin light balloon?... more ›