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Vaccinating Bun Bun

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Vaccinating Bun Bun

Pet rabbits need protection against rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD), which is common among wild rabbits. Pet rabbit Bun Bun was taken to the Lower Hutt Animal Hospital in August 1997 for vaccination, much to the concern of her owner, five-year-old Leto Sheils.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1997/3485/29

by Melanie Burford

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Hamish Mavor and Bob Gumbrell, Veterinary services – Urban vets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19892/vaccinating-bun-bun (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Hamish Mavor and Bob Gumbrell, published 1 March 2009.