A SCHOOLGIRL returned home from holiday to find her pet rabbit horrifically mutilated — after sick thugs chopped FOUR INCHES off his ears.
Four-month-old Thumper had the tops of his ears hacked off when cruel yobs snatched him from his hutch.
As this heartbreaking picture shows, Thumper — a Netherlands-cross — has been left with bloodied stumps.
A cigarette burn mark can also be seen in the fur on his forehead.
Traumatised
The terrified animal went missing for almost 12 hours after the ordeal, terrified and traumatised by what he went through.
Thumper had been sleeping in his hutch in the garden of his owner's home in Salterbeck, Workington, in Cumbria, when the attack happened overnight.
A police hunt is now under way for those responsible, with officers describing the crime as "horrendous".
Thumper's loving owner Charice White, aged ten, only discovered her pet's fate when she returned from a school trip to Paris on Saturday.
Her mum Joanne, who found Thumper two days earlier, said: "He had big floppy ears, but now he just has little stumps.
"The vet told us to keep the wounds clean and give him antibiotics."
Joanne's cousin Sharon Harkness, who cares for abandoned animals, said Thumper was recovering.
She said: "Anyone who does things like that to animals it is beyond words for me. They are cowards I think it's absolutely disgusting.
"Thumper has been really brave, because often rabbits and small animals will die from the stress of something like this. He's a real fighter."
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Four-month-old Thumper had the tops of his ears hacked off when cruel yobs snatched him from his hutch.
As this heartbreaking picture shows, Thumper — a Netherlands-cross — has been left with bloodied stumps.
A cigarette burn mark can also be seen in the fur on his forehead.
Traumatised
The terrified animal went missing for almost 12 hours after the ordeal, terrified and traumatised by what he went through.
Thumper had been sleeping in his hutch in the garden of his owner's home in Salterbeck, Workington, in Cumbria, when the attack happened overnight.
A police hunt is now under way for those responsible, with officers describing the crime as "horrendous".
Thumper's loving owner Charice White, aged ten, only discovered her pet's fate when she returned from a school trip to Paris on Saturday.
Her mum Joanne, who found Thumper two days earlier, said: "He had big floppy ears, but now he just has little stumps.
"The vet told us to keep the wounds clean and give him antibiotics."
Joanne's cousin Sharon Harkness, who cares for abandoned animals, said Thumper was recovering.
She said: "Anyone who does things like that to animals it is beyond words for me. They are cowards I think it's absolutely disgusting.
"Thumper has been really brave, because often rabbits and small animals will die from the stress of something like this. He's a real fighter."
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