All this talk of political correctness and  being dispassionate aside the male pronoun is preferred over it when speaking of living creatures as opposed to inanimate objects  Perhaps this is not universally accepted but nothing is  It is however overwhelmingly accepted as a feature of the English language  Rabbits arent its they are Hes and shes  The standard English pronoun usage rules must prevail in this as in all other English language wikipedia entries  Gender neutral pronouns removed