Giant, dog-sized rabbit finds new home

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Mashable reported that 43-year-old financial fraud investigator Jen Hislop is the rabbit's new owner.

The shelter that housed Atlas while he waited for a new home, Scottish SPCA, shared the update on its Facebook page Tuesday.

Atlas went home over the weekend.

"I burst into tears when I got the phone call saying I had been chosen to rehome Atlas and I cried again when I collected him," Hislop said.

"Animals are just pets to some people but my rabbits are family members."

Hislop comes with experience as well. She said she owned two giant rabbits before and currently has one named Coconut, so Atlas has a friend to play with.

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"Atlas is an absolute hoot and doesn't stop running around unless he's crashed out on his massive beanbag.

"He even has his own pet stroller so my 15-year-old daughter Laurrie and I can take him out and about.

"We have a summer house with heating and air-conditioning, which Atlas has been enjoying already," Hislop said. "He also has his own accommodation in a large garden enclosure as well as the run of the house."

Besides a new home, there's only one other major change for the giant rabbit.

"I've decided to change his name to Atilla the Bun Binky Master Jazz Paws, but I think we'll call him Atty for short," Hislop said.

The shelter said it received hundreds of applications from around the world, but it was best for the rabbit to stay in Scotland.

"It was great there was so much interest in Atlas, but we decided to find him a home here in Scotland to avoid a long journey as rabbits are very susceptible to stress," rescue manager Anna O'Donnell said in a statement.