After discovering a teeny tiny baby rabbit abandoned by its mum in their garden, an American family realised it was paraplegic and set about crafting it an appropriately small cart-type contraption to help it get around. Cue copious quantities of cuteness.

Joe drags his little legs behind him in the pre-ATB era

Joe the Easter Bunny, as he was soon named, was found curled up alongside his sibling by the the O’Rourke family in Tucson, Arizona.

Clocking that the little fella didn’t have the use of his hind legs and would therefore struggle to get on in the wild, the family decided to take action.

While looking after the rabbits, son Liam got to designing an ATB (All Terrain Bunny) support system, a delightful red and yellow wagon to be strapped onto the rabbit’s rear.


Liam showcases the ATB in its infancy

With the help of his dad, a sketch of the contraption became a reality and Joe set about getting used to his new wheels.



‘Awwwwwwwwwwww but sad also,’ commented YouTube viewer LiteralGaming below video footage of Joe.

Joe: The bit that made our eyes swell

‘You should just put a Superman cape on him so it looks like he’s flying all the time,’ said another viewer (who is now officially our hero).

‘Such an brave lil bunny, I don’t give a s**t if he is paraplegic or not I would still adopt him,’ was the response of MrGodOfWarful, while BeaKerXD posted simply: ‘CUTEST BUNNY EVER’.

Some viewers questioned the efficacy of Joe’s wagon, however, with Smudge4C musing: ‘This is cute and all, but this doesn’t seem to be doing anything but impinging on mobility.

‘He was getting around just fine before. Where can his wheels take him that he couldn’t go by dragging his back legs behind him like he was doing before?

‘If anything, this is preventing him from overcoming certain obstacles because there’s a large, cumbersome appendage behind him.

‘I’m concerned that you have not helped this rabbit at all and are, in fact, hindering him!’

TheAntiPixel then weighed in with this response: ‘That is a very good point, but also if he dragged his legs everywhere he could rub them raw which can then cause an infection which could make him VERY sick or even kill him.

‘You don’t want a sick bunny now do you?’

Once Joe and his sibling were back on their feet, so to speak, the O’Rourkes took them to a wildlife rescue centre.

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