London - A British rabbit, so fat she couldn't clean herself and could hardly move, has had an operation to give her a new lease of life and even help her find love.
Tallulah, a two-year-old lop-eared doe, had a tummy tuck operation after her owner passed her on to the Bunny Burrows refuge in Richmond, Yorkshire, in northern England.
"She had been overeating and was living in a very small cage so she could not get much exercise," Gwen Butler, owner of Bunny Burrows, told The Times newspaper.
"She is from a rather lazy breed and consequently got very fat indeed."
Vet Frances Harcourt-Brown carried out the operation to remove an "alarming amount of fat" from Tallulah, who is now looking forward to happier times.
"She looks great again and is living happily with a suitor called Aladdin," said Butler. - Reuters