Bandit and his Addiction

Just heard squealing outside the window and sure enough, Bandit has another bunny by the neck in our flowerbed.
I went outside and chased him (Bandit) around the yard. He jumped onto the porch and dropped the bunny, which then huddled behind Bandit when I tried to pick it up.
Might prevailed however, and now the bunny is awaiting release in the cage.
Stacey says this is the way the cat shows that he loves us.
Personally I would prefer him to get in my lap and purr, rather than growl at me and bring home bunnies.
I guess I should add some explanatory notes here.
Last year Bandit caught 2 bunnies within 2 days of each other. Both died of wounds suffered in their apprehension.
Earlier this week, Ban Ban the bunny catching man caught him a baby bunny. We could hear it screaming as Bandit carried it around by the neck. We liberated the bunny and put it in the cage we borrowed last bunny catching season.
That night the bunny was released.
The next day, Bandit shows up with the same bunny. Liberation, part II and into the cage it goes.
Now Christopher and Kaitlyn have named the bunny (Thumper Hopper Easter Bunny)  and are wanting to keep it.
Nope, I say and the bunny gets released again.
The next day we hear a bunny crying and go outside to effect a rescue (Stacey in PJ's).
Rescue isn't as easy this time as Bandit goes running around the yard carrying said bunny by the neck.
Finally released in the backyard bushes, the bunny hops into the underbrush and Bandit is brought inside.
We looked for the bunny in the bushes and couldn't find it.
An hour later, after he's sprung from confinement, Bandit immediately goes to the bushes and locates Thumper Hopper Easter Bunny. Fortunately, I rescue the bunny before he's caught for the 4th time and into the cage he goes.
We go and get bunny food from WalMart and fix up a water bottle to no avail.
That night yet another bunny is dispatched to bunny never-never land.
Funeral services are peformed the next morning with internment taking place in the backyard behind the shed next to the bamboo.
I have had quite enough of burying dead animals.
At last count there were 3 rabbits, 3 hamsters, 2 squirrels and fish, the exact number of which I don't recall.