A Bunny's A Bunny, No Matter How Small

For my picture book, I would love to do an "expansion" or "separate way of looking at" the quote from Horton Hears A Who, "A person's a person, no matter how small."
You know, when I hear this quote, I think of people. I think of the fact that all people should be treated fairly, equally. But what else comes to my mind are animals. Yes, we all know that animals get abused. They go to shelters, and make wonderful pets to adopt and love, you care for them, they care for you.
The two probably most common pets are cats and dogs. Maybe that why they're included in the expression "It's raining cats and dogs", and not exotic pets that are kept worldwide. Maybe if we did, the expression would be, "Hey! It's raining monkeys and hedgehogs!"
When people see ads or campaigns or fundraiser signs for animal shelters or animal protection organizations, they see cats and dogs. On a pet shop ad: cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are seen everywhere. Why? They're such common pets. The thing is, some people don't think about the smaller or more exotic animals that get abused or put in shelters or euthanized each day.

"According to the ASPCA, companion rabbits are the third most frequently euthanized animals at shelters, behind cats and dogs. While many shelter rabbits come from feed stores, flea markets, or laboratories, in reality, most rabbits facing euthanasia were once family companions or classroom pets who were bought at pets stores or breeders and surrendered to shelters when the novelty wore off or at the conclusion of a school year. Many people mistakenly assume that rabbits are low-maintenance or good starter pets for children, rather than physically fragile, yet spirited and opinionated animals..."
(http://saveabunny.org/about#need)

Some people don't know that small animals like rabbits or birds or ferrets or reptiles are abused so much each year. I didn't even know how much either, until I took the time to research it, and I learned so much.

I went to SaveABunny.org, (a link is listed above), and found out how many rabbits were abused each year, and even read up on some real-life rabbit-abuse cases and their trials. It's astounding how rabbits can be mistreated. While some can be living in horrible, cramped, and filthy conditions, others can be outright abused, through torture or other kinds of beatings. The white and gray rabbit to the left was even set on fire. (Phoenix - This brave & loving bunny was tortured and set on fire. He came to SaveABunny for treatment of his physical & emotional wounds.)

Since this whole entire project is for social awareness, I want to raise social awareness on how many small animals -not just bunnies- get abused each year. Because after all, a bunny's a bunny, no matter how small.