Maria Daines: MUSIC

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Rabbit Welfare Assocation & Fund (RWAF) asked us to write a song for their 'A Hutch is Not Enough' campaign which raises awareness for better welfare of domesticated rabbits.

I was more than happy to offer help with this campaign because I have sadly seen for myself the result of rabbits bought and then left forgotten in a hutch at the end of the garden. Years ago we rescued an elderly rabbit whose teeth were so decayed that his gums and cheeks had formed painful abscess into his jaw, the poor rabbit had suffered this way, unseen in his hutch, maybe for years due to a bad diet and general neglect.

RWAF says 'As the name of the campaign suggests, there's more to keeping a rabbit than the accommodation, but we believe that rabbit owners who keep their pets in bigger accommodation are more likely to be able to fulfil the rabbits' other needs.'


To find out how you can help, please visit the RWAF website, here -


RABBIT WELFARE ASSOCIATION








'A Hutch is Not Enough'


I'm alone and you can't see me
Once a day you throw me food
Forgotten here, there is no freedom
I'm invisible to you...

I came from family, now I'm lonely
A garden ghost, I'll hide away
This tiny hutch, I'm one and only
I long for space a friend to play

Behind the wire, a world of sorrow
Your prisoner, in silence waits
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
My quiet life will ebb away...

Because a hutch is not enough
Time ran out and then the love
Interest waned and the novelty wore off
Because a hutch is not enough
Oh a hutch is not enough
I may not cry but I need love
A little grass and a friend to cheer me up
Because a hutch, is not enough...

I'm alone and you can't see me
Once a day you throw me food
Forgotten here, there is no freedom
I'm invisible to you...

When I hurt I cannot tell you
When I need I have no choice
Think of me and be my hero
You are mine, you are my voice

Behind the wire, a world of sorrow
Your prisoner, in silence waits
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
My quiet life will ebb away...

Because a hutch is not enough
Time ran out and then the love
Interest waned and the novelty wore off
Because a hutch is not enough
Oh a hutch is not enough
I may not cry but I need love
A little grass and a friend to cheer me up
Because a hutch, is not enough...


© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
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23.03.11