Anastasia, one of several rabbits under the care of Rabbit Rescue, Inc. who is up for adoption.

A couple months ago, we posted about a Canadian rabbit rescue in the running for a large grant.  The results are in, and Rabbit Rescue, Inc. of Ontario won the runner up prize of $10,000 with 9,300 votes!

The funding comes at a time when the rabbit charity will need the extra support.  Year after year, Easter marks a time when people purchase bunnies for their young children without fully understanding the responsibility and commitment of owning a rabbit.  The majority of these impulse buys end up in shelters and rescues.

For more information, see:

InsideHalton.com
Rabbit Rescue, Inc.

To celebrate its 15th birthday, Petfinder is launching a campaign to spread the word about animal adoption on March 15, 2011. There are many ways to get the message out including:

• Writing about pet adoption on your blog, website, Facebook page, or Twitter account
• Adding a badge (like the one shown on the right) to your website or blog
• Captioning a Petfinder adoptable photo on I Can Has Cheezburger

You can focus more on spreading the word about rabbit adoption in the following ways:

• Share your rabbit adoption story with the Rabbit Advocate, an HRS educator, who is hosting a contest on her blog
  (UPDATE: See winning story here)
• Link to our article, Benefits of Adopting a Pet Rabbit
• Print out and hang up “Did You Know” posters from the House Rabbit Society that educate the public about rabbit adoption and proper care

Ray Milkey of Los Altos, CA won $1000 when the photo he entered of his two foster bunnies was chosen as the best entry for PetSource.org‘s “Cutest Baby Pet” contest. He has generously opted to give the prize money to The Rabbit Haven, the shelter where the two baby dwarf hotot rabbits, Lassen and Denali, came from. Due to the popularity of the contest, Lassen has already been adopted, and with any luck, Denali will find a forever home soon too.

For more info: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_9308508