The dead bunny disappeared. Georg just got home and went to dispose of the body, but it was gone. This is gross, but we even let Lina out in hopes that she'd lead us to it. She ran right to the spot where I saw her drop it, snuffled the ground in a few circles, then came back inside.
Is it possible the bunny survived and ran away after the coast was clear? I'm having a hard time believing it. I didn't look that closely, but it looked pretty limp in Lina's mouth. Dogs aren't like cats; they don't hold their prey gingerly in order to play with it. Still, I couldn't bear to look at it after I got Lina inside, so I have no idea whether it was truly dead or not. I just assumed it was because whenever she's caught a rodent before, it's been dead instantly.
Maybe the neighborhood owls made off with the body. In a strange way that would make me feel better. If one of the owls fed the bunny to its own babies, at least that would be part of the natural order of things. Better than a mortally wounded baby bunny staggering around my yard, trying to find a safe place where it can die.
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