Turning Rabbits Loose Domestic rabbits are not the products of natural selection, which means that only the fittest, fastest, and smartest of a species survives to reproduce. Domestic rabbits are the products of generation after generation of rabbits kept in confinement and entirely dependent on their keepers for food, water, and safety. This makes it extremely difficult for the rabbit to know what is dangerous to it in the wild. Not only does the domestic rabbit lack experience in determining what is a threat, but he had no opportunity to learn from his parents, who were also confined. There are a lot of cats, dogs, foxes, and other predators out there who have had much better training from their parents on how to be a predator than the domestic rabbit has had on surviving in the wild.
Many domestic rabbits are light-colored, which makes it difficult to hide from predators.
Domestic rabbits have also adapted to a captive schedule of living and feeding, rather than following the natural cycle of wild rabbits, who feed primarily from dusk to dawn. If you can no longer keep your rabbit, please choose the humane alternative and try to find your rabbit a safe indoor home.