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SAN DIEGO (CNS) — As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups are urging people not to buy rabbits or baby chicks as holiday gifts for children. Buying or ...

As parents pack Easter baskets this year, local vets, shelters and even businesses are urging one thing — opt for the chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps. Easter is not an invitation to buy live ...

A rabbit is up for adoption at a San Diego County animal shelter. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups ...

One of the bunnies rescued by the San Diego Humane Society in 2015. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Humane Society) As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue ...