World's biggest rabbit stolen from owner

British police are seeking thieves who bagged the world’s largest rabbit named Darius from his owner’s garden.

West Mercia Police said they were appealing for information after the brown-and-white bunny disappeared last Saturday night from his pen in Stoulton in central England.

Darius, a Continental Giant rabbit, was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s longest living rabbit in 2010, measuring a whopping 129 centimetres in length.

His owner, Annette Edwards, tweeted last Sunday that it was “a very sad day” and offered a £1,000 (about P67,000) reward for his safe return. She then increased the reward money to £2,000 (P133,000)

“Darius is too old to breed now. So please bring him back,” she said.

A very sad day. Guinness world record Darius has been stolen from his home. The police are doing there best to find out who has taken him. There is a reward of a £1,000. Darius is to old to breed now. So please bring him back.

— Annette Edwards (@maycats56) April 11, 2021

Edwards announced in 2018 that Darius, then eight-years-old, was retiring and giving up public events and media appearances for a quieter life at home.

In a previous tragedy for the owner, Darius’s 90-centimetre son Simon died on a cross-Atlantic flight in 2010 as he was being transported to a new owner. He had been expected to eventually outgrow his father. (AFP)