OPP catch girls trying to sell live, stolen Easter bunnies

Ontario Provincial Police officers in Oxford County had an Easter Sunday investigation to solve after two rabbits were stolen from a barn near Ingersoll, Ont.

The two rabbits had been purchased as gifts for a pair of children, age3 and 6. However, police discovered they had been stolen by two girls, an 11-year-old and a nine-year-old.

Police say the owner of the two rabbits was originally not aware they had been stolenand was notified later by a neighbour that some younger people were trying to sell them in the Ingersoll area.

"The owners were certainly happy that the bunnies were safely returned," said OPPConst. Stacey Culbert. "They [the girls] both got stern warnings from the police."