He allegedly wrote in the text, “I was panicking with bunnies. That’s the reason I dumped them.”
Christian also apologized publicly for dumping the bunnies, writing in a since-deleted Instagram Story on Aug. 10, according to the Post, “When I realized the rabbits were being surrendered to me, I panicked.”
“At 19, with no experience caring for animals … and no knowledge of available resources, I felt overwhelmed and made the worst possible choice,” he wrote. “Believing, mistakenly, that there were existing rabbits in that area, I released them [in Prospect Park], thinking that was my best option. That belief was wrong, and I regret it deeply.”
Luckily, it appears that three of the rabbits used in the shoot are now in the foster care of animal rescuer Terry Chao, according to the Post.
E! News has reached out to Anna and Christian for comment, but has not heard back.
