This is my entry to today's Monomad Challenge, The Obese Rabbit.

Today's post is not so much about showing the pictures or saying that I have some skill in taking the pictures, or some special ability that allows me to get close to the animals to take the pictures, rather I want to talk about the following topic that is probably going to be somewhat controversial given my somewhat difficult to understand nature for many people, let's start talking about it.

I am a simple person who loves the simple pleasures of life such as nature and freedom, I love photography and animals to which I can dedicate my time, but at the same time I am also a hunter and as such I enjoy a good time stalking prey, and although it may not seem like it has much similarity to the moments I dedicate to photography.

Well, today's post is about this rabbit that sadly suffers from obesity and it is due to humans, the story is as follows:

A few days ago while walking through the park doing part of my exercise routine to keep my blood pressure in check, I noticed this rabbit under a tree next to a squirrel, the squirrel ran when it saw me but the rabbit didn't move, which is indicative of how familiar it is with human presence and probably other animals.

The thing is that I started to take pictures, and the more time passed the closer I got, I moved slowly thinking not to scare him but when I realized his obesity I understood that it was probably a rabbit that some family had just left in the park free to his fate, but honestly an animal that has grown in captivity is very difficult to survive in the wild because it is simply not used to find their food, its proximity and habit to human presence is another negative feature.

He most likely has no resistance to outside diseases having grown up in an environment suitable for us humans, he has no malice and most likely does not understand which animals are his predators, he has never had them and he will die for one of them, even if his instinct would recognize the predators, he is so obese he will not run fast enough to escape.

The truth is that compared to the rabbits I usually hunt, this rabbit would be at least twice the size, so imagine the amount of fat it has accumulated, which is not healthy for anyone even though lately everyone wants to normalize obesity.

The point is that from the right side of the rabbit everything looks normal, but when I saw its left side I could see that it has lost the vision in its left eye, probably because of a hit or maybe because of some disease that it has developed, I don't understand many things, The only thing I know is that when I hunt rabbits it is visible when a rabbit is not healthy, and believe me this rabbit would be one of those that I would not hunt for my own consumption, it is sad to see an animal that should run freely in nature, by habit, by need or because someone wants to end its life, but that is nature for rabbits.

So I know you probably say I'm hypocritical for hunting rabbits and feel bad for this one that was in captivity, well cared for according to its owners and animal defenders, but cage is cage and chains are chains, when they don't let you exploit your skills and you have to settle for a couple of meters to move is something that hurts me to think about, at least in the hunt the rabbit has a chance to beat me, it is better adapted to see, hear and smell from a distance, plus my rifle is single shot, so if I miss I have no chance to make another shot quickly, by the time I turn around the rabbit is already running far away, exploiting another good ability it has to run with its long legs.

Please leave the animals in the wild.