“Somebody Stoled Him”

Those are the words of 5-year-old Zion, a child at the Community Building Children's Center in Spokane, Washington. That was after a pet bunny named Sugar Bunny was stolen last Saturday. Whoever did it left PETA fliers behind.

Sugar Bunny vanished from the Community Building Children's Center on Saturday, teachers said.

"Somebody stoled him," 5-year-old Zion told The Spokesman-Review, which gave only the first names of him and other children in a report on the heist. "I'm sad."

The fliers expressed protests against the Ringling Brothers Circus, which was in town during the weekend, and had a picture of a bear trying to escape from a cage. The fliers bore the names of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Northwest Animal Rights Network.

A PETA spokesperson said that the group does not endorse stealing a pet bunny. Of course, it would be more meaningful if they tried to identify the nasty zealot who thinks stealing children's pets is a valid political statement.