M Y NEWS LTD, M AND Y NEWS AGENCY 30/03/13 RALPH THE RABBIT RECLAIMS CROWN AS FATTEST EASTER BUNNY A RABBIT NAMED RALPH HAS RECLAIMED HIS CROWN AS THE WORLD’S FATTEST EASTER BUNNY AFTER MUNCHING HIS WAY TO ALMOST FOUR POUNDS IN WEIGHT. HUNGRY RALPH, FOUR, HELD THE TITLE IN 2010 BEFORE BEING OVERTAKEN BY FELLOW CONTINENTAL GIANT DARIUS, WHO BALLOONED TO THREE-AND-A-HALF STONE. OWNER PAULINE GRANT SAYS RALPH, WHO IS OVER THREE-FOOT LONG AND WEIGHS MORE THAN AN AVERAGE THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD, NOW TIPS THE SCALES AT 3-STONE 8LBS. PAULINE SAID: ‘HE IS AT HIS HIGHEST WEIGHT HE IS EVER BEEN AND IS STILL SUPPOSED TO BE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BUNNY. HE HAS MATURED NOW AND IS THE HEAVIEST HE HAS EVER BEEN. ‘RALPH IS FINE AND HEALTHY. THE WORST THING IS THAT HE IS MALTING AT THE MOMENT SO EVERYONE IS COVERED IN RABBIT HAIRS. ‘HIS DIET HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY ONE OR TWO VETS THAT I SHOULD NOT GIVE HIM ALL THE FOOD BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO GIVE HIM ANY HARM. ‘HE IS FIT AND HEALTHY.’ RALPH’S MUM AMY WAS RECOGNISED IN THE GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS AS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RABBIT BEFORE SHE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO. DAD ROBERTO IS ALSO A FORMER HOLDER OF THE RECORD AFTER WIGHING IN AT 3-STONE 5LBS. PAULINE SPENDS AN INCREDIBLE GBP 50 POUNDS OF HER WEEKLY SHOPPING BUDGET JUST TO FEED RALPH’S ENORMOUS APPETITE. HE FEASTS ON A DIET OF CABBAGE, BROCCOLI, CORN ON THE COB, SWEETCORN, HALF A CUCUMBER, A CARROT WITH A TOP, HALF A BAG OF WATERCRESS, TWO SWEET APPLES, TWO SLICES OF BROWN BREAD AND WEETABIX WITH CREAM CRACKERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. PAULINE CARES FOR HIM AT THE SUSSEX HORSE RESCUE IN UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX AND RELIES ON DONATIONS FROM VISITORS TO FOOT THE BILL. SHE ADDED: ‘WE HAVE GOT A BIG PLACE HERE AND HE CAN GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS. HE HAS A FANTASTIC LIFE AND IS NOT JUST KEPT IN A … HTTP:/WWW.REXFEATURES.COM/STACKLINK/CXTLITUNZ %_ 2229072 _%