Pet Corner: The origins of the Easter bunny and why rabbits make great pets

Ireland's third most popular pet, rabbits do best when homed in pairs

Rabbits are great pets, not just at Easter Bunny standing guard over woven baskets of coloured Easter eggs.

Chances are you’re tucking into your third Easter egg of the day or treating yourself to another chocolate rabbit and wondering, why do we associate Easter with rabbits? What does the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus have in common with a floppy-eared pet? To be honest: nothing at all.

The Easter Bunny’s emergence as an Easter symbol is actually down to German emigrants who moved to America and brought stories of an egg-laying hare to their new country.