If your veterinarian will donate space such as in the parking lot and some assistance (vet or vet technicians) to identify health needs, ID or number and sex the rabbits (permanent marker in the ear), once that is done, you can pass the rabbits along to shelters or volunteers for fostering.ġ4. If you will be receiving the rabbits, and not your local animal control or humane society, and there are a great many rabbits to handle, you may want to plan for delivery of the rabbits “after hours” and set up a “triage center” at your vet’s office. Continue to send out press releases and have your members, volunteers and the public send letters to the DA’s office.ġ3. Once the case has moved from the police or animal control to the District Attorney’s office, keep in contact with the DA to ensure that they are taking the case seriously. If it’s the case of a senior citizen/collector, adult protective services/senior care groups have expertise in dealing with the additional problems that older pet owners may have.ġ2. Even non-rabbit rescue organizations can possibly help.ġ1. Contact other local rescue groups for assistance with providing temporary foster care for the rabbits. Because volunteers helping with such large rescues may be feeling overwhelmed with the work and responsibility, schedule little meetings and get together’s to assess the mental health of your volunteers and to make sure everyone is okay.ġ0. Paperwork is essential and your paperwork added to the shelters is invaluable. A sheet should be provided so each day whoever cleans and exercises the rabbit signs date and what was done. Recommended items to add: description, any obvious medial conditions, sex, personality (which can be added to as volunteers get to know the rabbits).
Learn the intake paper work of whoever is housing the rabbits (ie animal control, etc.) and have your own paperwork in the holder with the shelter’s intake papers. Veterinarians will also be invaluable in providing expert testimony should you or the authorities succeed in getting a cruelty or abuse case charged.Ĩ. Contact veterinarians or the local veterinary school for assistance with offering spays and neuters, as well as check-ups and basic health care, to all of the rabbits. Many of the rabbits may be ill-groomed having volunteers come into the shelter to provide brushing, combing, mat-removal and flea-control services would help to make the rabbits more adoptable.ħ. One thing you can do is ask the public to donate food and hay through Oxbow to the shelter or foster homes, or toys through Busy Bunny.Ħ. Come up with a wish list that supporters can contribute to. Before and after pictures are recommended.ĥ. Keep in mind that the photos you include will either prompt donations (neglected, sick or injured rabbits) or will promote adoptions (well groomed, clean, healthy looking rabbits). Photograph all the rabbits and name them. Create a web page and/or yahoo email group with information that is constantly updated about the situation, and email your supporters as well with updates. On the other hand, letting the public know through the press could be a way to marshall public support as well.Ĥ. When Orange County HRS did a large rescue many years ago, even though it was on private property, once the press mentioned where the rabbits were, all kinds of people were out there taking rabbits. However, you may need to wait to get the press involved until after all the rabbits are out of the original situation. Members of the public can provide assistance by coming into the shelter to care for the seized animals, by providing food, by making donations so that supplies can be purchased, and by adopting animals when the time is right. The more the public knows about the situation, the more help they can offer.
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If the police or animal control won’t seize the animals, you may look at neighborhood code enforcement or even public health/safety regulations as a way to get the community to take action.ģ. Your local animal control agency will be the first organization to contact, if they haven’t already been involved, as they will have the legal ability to gain access to a private property.Ģ. If you find out about one, and want to help, here are some tips:ġ. House Rabbit Society volunteers have assisted in a number of large-scale rescue situations like this. Or you heard on the news about a collector whose 150 rabbits were just confiscated by Animal Control, overtaxing the shelter’s resources and leading to probably wide scale euthanasia.
A call comes in about a rabbit breeder who just skipped town, leaving 80 rabbits with no one to care for them.
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