Submitted photo of "Hops."
"Hops" is on the lam. She's a "chubby," double-chinned eight-pound bunny who hails from the yard at the southeast corner of Maple Street and Ganson Avenue in the City of Batavia.
Hops was last seen by her family, the Rapones, on Sunday. The 3-year-old is white with gray around her eyes and ears.
"I'm starting to freak out a little," said Polly Rapone this morning, who says she's scoured the neighborhood in search of the pet, one of six bunnies, two cats, two chocolate labs, a fish and a turtle who live at 23 Maple St..
Guy and Polly Rapone, who five children together, four school-aged, have allowed Hops -- in good weather -- to lounge and ambulate at will about their large yard, which is only fenced on two sides, while her rabbit relatives are mostly caged. She's usually content to sit at the edge of the yard with her nose twitching through the chain-link fence.
But this latest escapade, one of several over the course of her little lifetime, has Polly particularly stressed out.
For one, she's been gone longer than on her other forays and, two, well, enough is enough.
"She's going back in the cage," said Polly, with prescient hopefulness about the fate of their beloved bunny rabbit.
If you have information which might lead to the capture of Hops, please contact the Rapone family at 219-4657. No questions asked!
