Dear Abby: Easter is coming. Many families still purchase live rabbits as pets for their children. Parents often think rabbits are good "starter" pets and don't understand what they are getting into.

As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups are urging people not to buy rabbits or baby chicks as holiday gifts for children. Buying or adopting a live ...

Around Easter, many kids are given baskets full of candy versions of eggs and bunnies. But why did these two symbols get so closely associated with the holiday?

You'll get an adorable little trio of plushies — a bunny, a chick and a flower pot. They're each about six inches high and they're small enough to fit into their plush Easter egg home. The egg ...

The price of cocoa is on a wild historic ride: It topped the all-time record before Valentine's Day and almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.

Dear Abby: Could you please reprint a letter you ran a few years ago about the dangers of purchasing a pet rabbit for children at Easter? As a rabbit owner ...