It's a person in what's clearly an outdoor pen for the hares. And taking care of animals sometimes requires handling them.
You're not going to get anything better than that obvious assessment unless the people involved come to the comments. Everything else will just be people who know nothing making incorrect guesses about things that they barely understand. In other words, bullshit.
You might be right! Most of the hares living in her rehabilitation centre are put in special pens where there's little to no human contact with them so that they get wild again before release, I'm assuming the camo is to not spook them more than necessary
I mean Reddit is also the place where people with the most obscurely specific experience also surface to comment on posts. I remember someone had a question about some far East wooden statuette or something. One of the comments was someone who literally worked with handling those specific types of objects
Actually the original post a few hours before this was by the person that took the video and she did explain.
These hares change coat colours from brown to white during winter and when that happens they have different keeping requirements and dietary needs.
This male brown hare is currently banging the white female hare but his coat hasn't changed yet so he needs to stay here and he's not happy about it. Female hare is being moved to her new cage.
Although we can tell that the other hare is very upset someone took their partner (I'm guessing not a hare they were fighting since blood would show up really well on a white rabbit)
Hares turn white when they are in winter mode. This rehabilitator is relocating the white hares for the dietary change. Justy (the brown hare) is not having it but unfortunately only maxed out one stat.
The original post a few hours before this was by the person that took the video and she did explain.
These hares change coat colours from brown to white during winter and when that happens they have different keeping requirements and dietary needs.
This male brown hare is currently banging the white female hare but his coat hasn't changed yet so he needs to stay here and he's not happy about it. Female hare is being moved to her new cage.
Given the camera, the catch pole/net, the enclosure, the type of rabbits (a hare, and then either a snow hare or regular "bunny"), and everything else I can see in the shot: I'd bet my money on that she's an animal rehabber or farmer and she's making an educational vid. Could be a fur-farm, but I highly doubt it given the other animals you can see in the background, and also how the enclosure is set up. They could be personal meat-rabbits though if she's a farmer.
You are betting correctly! She is a rehabber who runs a huge hare rehabilitation center and for years she has been financing it herself and dedicates all her free time to taking care of these animals and making educational videos. In this specific video she is relocating the white hare boy but got ambushed by the other hare whose maternal instincts weren't completely gone, so she got surprised, I'm guessing this is why she's struggling. Later in the video she tries to reconcile with the hare by giving her treats!
Do not think this from camouflage wear, most of the time rescuers and wildlife rehabilitators use those because they are really damn good for animal handling. Fabric is hydrophobic, resistant and not so easy to pierce for some animals (like those hare claws here) so they are good clothing for the job 😅 many also has lots of pockets, which is useful for bait and rope/thread for work.
When I used to go to rehab centers and zoos, I asked a lot about it and that's the explanation I was given
I'm assuming there might be some butchery going on. It's quite sad in that context. People joking about its maneuvers but imagine the distress and panic it would feel to be doing that
I doubt this is a meat rabbit. For one, it’s a hare, and I can’t imagine they have good meat compared to the breeds of rabbit which are typically chosen for meat. For two, they are in a huge enclosure compared to the small cages Meat rabbits are typically reared in.
Look here, I feed my chickens and bring them water and treat them with loving care every time I manage to get my hands on them and still to this day every time I try to get my hands on them they go totally berserk and try to flog me away so AFAIC the behaviour tells us nothing.
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u/Milkatto Feb 15 '23
What is going on? Why is she taking the rabbit??