My House Rabbit's Bunny Blog » TRACS http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog Celebrating House Rabbits Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 UVic Campus to be Bunny-Free http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2011/01/20/uvic-campus-to-be-bunny-free/ http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2011/01/20/uvic-campus-to-be-bunny-free/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:31:32 +0000 My House Rabbit http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/?p=1299 The University of Victoria decided today that instead of maintaining a population of 200 rabbits on their campus, they will relocate all of them.  To date, 823 rabbits have been relocated to sanctuaries in British Columbia and Texas.  Currently, 50 rabbits remain on the grounds, and they will be relocated within the next few weeks. After March 1st, any rabbits who are abandoned on campus will be euthanized.  Campus officials hope this policy will discourage people from irresponsibly dumping their pets.

Laura-Leah Shaw of the Responsible Animal Care Society (TRACS) has spearheaded the mission to relocate the feral rabbits who’d made UVic their home for years.  She has personally driven vanloads of rabbits down to the Wild Rose Ranch in Texas and has  taken out a $25,000 line of credit to fund the relocation project.  If you would like to support TRACS, make a donation at their website.

Batch of UVic bunnies on route to Texas

Batch of UVic bunnies en route to Texas

For more information, see VicNews.com.

]]> http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2011/01/20/uvic-campus-to-be-bunny-free/feed/ 3 Elvis Comes to Kelowna, BC http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2008/10/28/elvis-comes-to-kelowna-bc/ http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2008/10/28/elvis-comes-to-kelowna-bc/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:17:27 +0000 My House Rabbit http://myhouserabbit.com/blog/?p=167 Back in December, I posted about the feral rabbit population explosion in the Canadian city of Kelowna, British Columbia. Since then, the city has gone back and forth on how to handle the problem. After complaints about the inhumane culling of the rabbits by use of air rifles, the city changed its approach. Currently the city has turned to trapping the feral bunnies, and then putting them up for adoption.

The Responsible Animal Care Society (TRACS), who has been active in saving the rabbits, has sponsored many fundraising events. Their latest is a benefit concert featuring Elvis impersonator D.R. Elvis happening on Saturday, November 1.

For more information: http://www.tracs-bc.ca/bunfund.html

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