Most commercially sold rabbit hutches are too small for adequate welfare. Understanding rabbits' space and behavioral needs enables owners to provide appropriate housing.
The gap between how rabbits are typically housed and what they actually need is one of the largest welfare failures in companion animal keeping. Rabbits are fast, athletic animals that evolved covering large territories, yet they are routinely sold with hutches the size of a small cabinet. A rabbit unable to hop more than a few steps, unable to stand fully upright, and unable to run is a rabbit with significantly impaired welfare every single day of its potentially 10-year life. Education about true space requirements - and courage to act on that knowledge despite the cost of adequate housing - defines welfare-conscious rabbit ownership.