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Is this your bunny? Lost toy at Vancouver airport waits to be claimed

Many travellers faced cancelled flights at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) this week due to severe weather conditions including one fuzzy passenger.

Social media post about lost bunny has been retweeted more than 1,000 times

This stuffed bunny has been stranded at Vancouver International Airport.
This stuffed bunny has been stranded at Vancouver International Airport, and one traveller hopes it could be reunited with its owner. ( Celia Taylor)

Many travellers faced cancelled flights at Vancouver International Airportthis week due to severe weather conditions including one fuzzy passenger.

Celia Taylor says shewas waiting to fly from Vancouver to Alberta on Tuesday when she came across a stuffed bunny on the ground.

Taylor says there was nobody around the stuffed animal, nor was there anyone around who looked like they lost anything.

So she "propped it up on a sort of table nearby in the hopes that somebody walking past would see it and I went to my next gate."

After finding out her flight was cancelled that evening, Taylor says she walked past the bunny again.

She says she decided to take it to staff, in hopes of reuniting the toywith its family. While waiting in line at the information desk, Taylor texted a photo of the bunny to her mom Canadian Senator Paula Simons who then posted it on Twitter, to try and findits owner.

As of Friday evening, the post has been retweeted more than a thousand times.

Taylor says she believes the bunny went viral because its story is somethingmany can relate to.

"Everybody has a memory of losing a special friend, losing a doll, losing a stuffed animal, losing a blankieinan airport, in a mall, what have you," she told CBC News.

"Or if they don't have a memory of it happening to them, they have a memory of it happening to their kid and the ensuing trauma."

She says she assumes someone who has already had a stressful travel day now has the added stress of losing their stuffed toy, or comforting a child who has lost it.

"I felt like it was important that if I could find a way to get this bunny back to its family, I would try to do that," she said.

Seeing how much traction the tweet has gained, Taylor says it's nice to know that people are rooting for the bunny to find its way home.

"I really hope that this can be a story with a happy ending, that all of this will result in the bunny making its way back to its family," Taylor said.

The airport tweeted Sunday that it has been in contact with the owner of the bunny, named Bunbun, and a reunion is in the works.

Clarifications

  • This piece has been updated to identify Celia Taylor's mother as Canadian Senator Paula Simons.
    Dec 24, 2022 1:42 PM PT

With files from Gian Paolo Mendoza