United Airlines bunny death mystery deepens as breeder demands the body back and airline say he was alive on board

THE owner of the 3ft ­rabbit that died on a United Airlines jet demanded: “Where is his body?”

Annette Edwards, 65, is fighting to get Simon’s corpse returned from America for a post mortem.

But the mystery deepened as a spokesman for the airline claimed the continental giant rabbit was alive when taken off the plane.

He said Simon died at a holding facility at Chicago O’Hare airport.

Annette had been told the bunny was put in a freezer after he died during a flight from Heathrow.

The breeder, who was sending Simon to a US buyer, said: “Where is his body? I can’t get any answers. I want compensation. If I can get his body back I’ll have a vet examine him to get answers.”

United Airlines sparked outrage two weeks ago when security guards violently dragged a doctor off an overbooked flight.