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Meet Officer Percy, the Adorable Bunny Who Found a New Job at a California Police Department

The Easter Bunny could not be reached for comment. Case closed.

This undated photo provided by Yuba City Police Department shows Yuba City Police “wellness officer” Percy, a rabbit who was rescued in 2022, in Yuba City, Ariz..
Yuba City Police Department via AP

Meet Percy, the police rabbit. Yes, that's fur real.

Some bunny — also known as Officer Ashley Carson — found a lost rabbit last year in the middle of Percy Avenue in Yuba City, California.

Carson scurried back to the police station and handed the rabbit over to animal control, who could find neither hide nor hare of the bunny's family.

In a hoppy ending, a police services analyst adopted the allegedly “docile and friendly” animal and named him Percy.

The Yuba City Police Department — about 40 hopping miles (64.37 kilometers) north of Sacramento — announced the rabbit's promotion to the rank of “wellness officer” just days before Easter Sunday.

The Easter Bunny was incorporated into the celebration of Easter separately from Christian traditions.

“Officer Percy lounges at the police department during the day and is a support animal for all,” the department wrote on Facebook Wednesday.

The Easter Bunny could not be reached for comment. Case closed.

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