A generous donor has agreed to match donations up to $5000 to the House Rabbit Society until Thanksgiving (November 26, 2009). The money raised will go towards the Emergency Rescue Grant, a program that supports shelters involved in large rescues of many rabbits.
The Luv-a-Bun Rescue in Lake Worth, Fl has recently taken in 34 bunnies rescued from a mobile home. The rabbits were crammed into 3 cages jammed with both living and dead rabbits.
Several of the rabbits were relative newborns and many had never been able to hop due to the cramped conditions.
The recently taken in rabbits have been spayed and neutered by local veterinarians Renata Schneider and Stefan Harsch free of charge.
The Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy in Vancouver, Canada has just released their 2010 calendar. The calendar is made up of submitted photos from rabbit-lovers. We submitted a few pics of Coco and Cosette, but we doubt they made the final cut. Proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go toward running the rescue. The calendar will soon be on sale, but a preview is available now on the VRRA website. Visit the site to check it out, www.vrra.org.
The Columbian Basin pygmy rabbit has been on the state of Washington’s endangered species list since 1993. The population declined so much that biologists took in the last 14 wild rabbits to create a breeding program.
Among the institutions collaborating in the breeding program is the Oregon Zoo, which has been breeding Columbian Basin pygmy rabbits since 2000.
This year the zoo welcomed 26 endangered kits, or baby rabbits. This brings the total to 73 kits for the year among all the breeding programs.
Although it may sound like a plot point in a comic book, there is actually radioactive rabbit poop in Hanford, Washington. As it happens 50 million gallons of liquid waste laced with radioactive salts were dumped in a radioactive reservation in Hanford more than 40 years ago. The dumping area is home to many jackrabbits. The rabbits’ warrens abut some of the dumping sites and the rabbits often lick the radioactive salt.
Recent stimulus money has aided the clean-up of the rabbit poop, which has trace amounts of radioactivity. Previously, large swaths of earth were dug out and disposed of to rid the area of the radioactive poop. Now, a helicopter is used to spot and map the piles of poop for crews to come in and clean up.
Upper Playground has created a bunny baseball cap complete with ears and fluffy tail. While I don’t think I can see myself strolling the streets of my city wearing this, you may feel differently.
One of the most recognized rabbits in the world will be returning to the world of literature today. Rabbit, along with Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and the rest of the gang, invite readers back into the Hundred Acre Wood with new stories.
The book, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, is the first authorized sequel to the classic stories by A.A. Milne. The new book, by David Benedictus, includes 10 new stories and a new character named Lottie the Otter.
Artist Dennis Shrives created this stunning sand sculpture for the Santa Barbara Sand Castle and Sculpting Festival, which took place this past Saturday.