Beware the bloodthirsty bunny (Picture: SWNS)

Staff at an animal shelter have been forced to call in a psychologist to treat a bloodthirsty rabbit.

The angry bunny has been repeatedly sinking its teeth into terrified guests and workers – it’s even left one elderly woman in hospital.

Lop-eared rabbit Jack has even chased unsuspecting victims before biting down hard -using levels of aggression experts say they’ve never seen in the species before.

The bunny looks like butter wouldn’t melt but he’s now been likened to Monty Python’s killer rabbit after launching attacks on unsuspecting humans.


The real-life Beast of Caerbannog has been terrorising staff and volunteers since he moved into an animal shelter in October.



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Jack the rabbit looks cute, but he’s left a woman needing hospital treatment (Picture: SWNS)

Sandra Taylor shows off the injuries she suffered due to Jack’s sharp teeth (Picture: SWNS)

The shelter’s founder said she had never encountered anything like him before and he has been nicknamed ‘Damien’.

Violent incidents involving Jack have become so common and vicious that a pet psychiatrist has had to be called in to curb the behaviour through therapy.

The six-month-old was brought into Maria’s Animal Shelter in Probus, Cornwall, in October.

The charity’s founder Maria Mulkeen, 47, said: ‘He looks like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

‘One lady who volunteers at the shelter put down a carrot for him while he was running around the main room and he latched onto her hand would not let go.

He’s got his eye on YOU (Picture: SWNS)

Sandra Taylor shows off her wounds (Picture: SWNS)

‘Luckily we have a doctor who volunteers at the shelter and she was able to treat the hand with butterfly stitches which she had in her car.

‘A few days ago she had to go to hospital, was given antibiotics and she now has a scar.’

In another incident Jack chased his victim around the room before going in for the bite.

Mrs Mulkeen said: ‘I heard a scream and I ran in to find Jack running around the room repeatedly biting her. I have never seen anything like that before, He would not leave her alone – he was unbelievable.

‘I just hope that anyone hearing Jack’s story will encourage other animal lovers with aggressive rabbits to seek help for their pets if required.’

The shelter called in an animal psychologist to treat the angry rabbit (Picture: SWNS)

Mrs Mulkeen decided to call in an animal behaviourist, who said Jack’s problems were a result of ‘learned behaviour’ and he was attacking to make sure people stayed away.

The owner and her team of volunteers have now been given a series of exercises to try and do with Jack in a bid to curb his violent ways.

He is currently receiving one to one attention with volunteer foster carer Sandra Mcllduff, who he’s already bitten on several occasions.

She said: ‘He is getting better. He is still very feisty and we have nicknamed him Damien. However, I still have all my fingers.’



Jack’s penchant for human blood has drawn comparisons with the devilish rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It famously attacked King Arthur and decapitated one of his knights before being destroyed by the holy hand grenade of Antioch.

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