Do you really think I would be on PT if I didn't understand that all creatures have feelings? My cousin's family is EXTREMELY reliable when it comes to keeping animals. When they moved to England they took their cats with them, and when they returned 4 or 5 years later, they brought them back with them and even made them special crates that are a lot more comfortable than the ones you buy at petsmart! It's not like I'd be totally out of the bunny's life, I would visit VERY often. And, I would like to point out that I am not selfish in nature, and not being so with this. Tell me, will a rabbit die or encounter extreme stress from switching households? I plan on having my cousin visit Oslo at my house while the bunny is living with me anyway, so it isn't like he wouldn't know her at all. A "project" is just like a responsibility you take on when refering to animals. When you take on the responsibility of training and riding someone else's horse, that horse is called your "project" It certainly doesn't mean something you work on for a while and then just throw away. If this is cruelty then what is:
Mass Factory farming (with pigs, cows, etc.)
Fishing (even if you throw it back, think of the trauma the animal goes through!)
Hobby hunting
The mass breeding of animals for fur
keeping large exotic wild animals in an unnatural setting (I'm not saying zoos are bad, just when an animal like a cougar is kept in a room w/ a fake rock wall, a fake tree, a floor like your kitchen and a water pool like some zoos I have been to.)