I asked this in another forum recently and was assured it was to spare the sensibilities of those who would confuse a once-live but now stuffed animal cadaver with a build-a-bear.
Mister Flopsy, TriColour Dutch: a rabbit dead as a doornail Gentlemen we can rebuild him We have the technology We have the capability to make the world's first bionic rabbit Mister Flopsy will be that rabbit Better than he was before Better, Smarter, Fluffier