Family
What do you see in the picture? What animals are together in the picture, why is this picture interesting?
This photo was taken at an animal rescue sanctuary in North Carolina, USA and it shows a cat and a rabbit raising their litter together. (what is a litter?) The video posted on social media went viral quickly as people shared the pictures of a different family.
Destiny Hampton works as a farmer at the sanctuary and asked for advice as she shared the images; "shall I separate the babies or let them raise them together?"
Why do you think Destiny was asking for advice? What would you expect a cat to do to a baby rabbit?
An animal welfare association in America said, "It's important to always remember that cats are predators and rabbits are prey. (What is a predator, what is prey?) If your cat exhibits predatory behaviour, introducing a rabbit will put the rabbit in danger (what is predatory behaviour?) ... a running or hopping rabbit can trigger a cat's prey drive." The association suggested putting up visual barriers between the cat and the rabbit so that the rabbit feels safety. They also said that rabbits are capable of defending themselves and can cause harm to a rabbit.
What advice you you give to Destiny?
Destiny did separate the rabbit from the cat at first as she was worried they might hurt each other, but both mothers then stopped feeding their babies and she worried that it was the move that was making them stressed. Destiny put them back together and they started feeding the babies again. now they live as a family. Destiny says, "They get along great, They all want to be together, the babies and the mothers."
Today the babies are all growing well and are healthy.
- What is a family?
- Do all families have to look the same?
- How is this family different?
- Do you think the rabbit and the cat mummies love each other? How do you know?
- This family has two mummies; what other kinds of families are there?
- The photo went viral with over 25 million views. What do you think that shows about people in the world and what they think about different families?
- How would you respond if someone said, "Those animals should not be together, that is not a family!"
-What do we say at our school about different families? What families are welcome at our school?
- What is the British law that talks about different families? (The Equality Act 2010) Who else does the law talk about being equal? (different skin different religion, bodies working in different ways / disability, boys and girls, age)
- What can we learn from this story about families?
- why is this about no outsiders?
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