Darius, The World's Longest Bunny, Has Gone Missing!
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Darius, one of the world's most famous rabbits, has disappeared! The massive, 4 foot 3-inch long Continental Giant, who has held the Guinness World Record for the "longest living rabbit" since 2010, vanished from his backyard in the village of Stoulton, England, on April 10, 2021. The local police, who are frantically searching for Darius, believe he was stolen from his enclosure overnight on Saturday.
To help locate the thieves, his concerned owner, Annette Edwards, is offering a £2,000 (about $2,745) reward for anyone with information. In her appeal on Twitter, the 68-year-old pleaded for her pet's safe return, saying that the 12-year-old rabbit was too old to breed. “It’s just so upsetting because he is such a lovable character,” she told The Telegraph.
Though now retired, Darius was once an international celebrity who was insured for $1.6 million and traveled with a bodyguard. He comes from an impressive lineage of record-breaking Continental Giants. They include his grandfather Roberto, who measured 3 feet 6 inches, grandmother Amy who came in at 4 feet, and his mother Alice, who, at 3 feet 3 inches, held the Guinness World Record before Darius took over in 2010.

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- cookiechan3 monthsnoooo!
- bobabunny1237 monthstoo sad I love bunnies
- bobabunny1237 monthssooo sad I hope they find him
- bobabunny1237 monthsI love bunny im soooo sad
- 37234810 monthsso sad
- crami10 monthslt's so sad😿
- 852128sophie10 monthsI like rabbits too! I don't have one though, instead I have a guinea pig-a really fat one
- 852128sophie10 monthsOMG, that's so sad! Poor guy......
- 1massover 1 yearI love bunnies!....😭
- millovesdragonsover 1 yearI hope he Is found does any one know if he was or not?