Starburst, Milky Way and Hershey didn’t deserve to be caged outside, vulnerable to predators or bad weather. They certainly didn’t deserve to have mites crawling all over them or come down with upper respiratory infections.

They’re bunnies after all.

Tucked away in a makeshift, outdoor breeding operation in a Milford backyard, the three of them and their 15 closest friends were living in a den of squalor, officials said. If not for the team at the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, all 18 rabbits could’ve died, been sold for food or purchased by families unaware of how sick the rabbits were.

After being tipped off about the rabbits, the staff sprang into action last Thursday, negotiating the surrender of the leaping leporids and giving them sanctuary in their Bedford shelter.

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