Cruelty of all forms is a part of life. I can't say I know what to do about it either. I just try to take care of mine. I think I gotta go pet my bun now.
Ben Franklin sounds lucky to have you. And rabbits are smart. I don’t have any animals inside the house, on principle, but, as I’m sure you know, they can be taught and trained. As a kid, my mom taught my rabbit, Esther (which I got for Easter) to come when she whistled and do her bidding, lol. I remember once, the master bath needed to be redone, as the tiles were coming out and my mom, who was disabled, needed to have a bar (to hold on to) put in. My dad didn’t get around to it for some time, so my mom started putting the rabbit in the shower (dry, no water running) on hot days to keep cool and have Esther “unintentionally” dig up the tiles from the floor of the shower. It only took a few days and Esther had most of the tile ripped out. It made my dad kind of upset, but he finally got around to getting that shower redone, lol.