"Bail" for 78 Rabbits reached, but still help/money needed

Here the summary on the website of " bunnytransport.com":

So how did this happen?
Carolyn was a rabbit breeder - at one time she had over 400 bunnies, but after serious financial trouble, she realized she couldn't afford the upkeep of the animals and in mid 2010 she began selling off the rabbits she had been raising. By 2011 the situation was dire, and Carolyn was in debt from the animals and needed to see the end to her rabbit problem. Carolyn tried everything - advertising on craig's list, google, locally in newspapers - but the rabbits weren't selling. In this economy, it's hard to find homes for pets at all.

In desperation, Carolyn found out that a zoo would purchase the rabbits as feed for other animals - and she found information about how to euthanize the rabbits in bulk - via a homemade gas chamber. Per Carolyn - it was a last resort. She wanted to find the animals another way - but the zoo offered $8 per bunny to be used as feed, and she needed the money badly.

How did rescue get involved?
A rescue group from the North East United States was doing a transport through Georgia of 8 other rescue bunnies (unrelated) when one of their supporters posted the news to their facebook page - from there it was a frenzy of phone calls and emails. For 8 1/2 hours, while the other rescue transport ensued - one Android phone was blowing up, making arrangements. And people responded. The bunny community is a lot bigger than you'd think, and through these "bunny people" - we are finding safe haven for all 79 rabbits before this weekend!

Carolyn stressed that while she wasn't looking to make a profit - just to get the rabbits out of her life, and put this chapter behind her - she is in debt and was really counting on the $8 per bunny she was offered. So now the job turned to rabbit rescue to post "BAIL" for the 79 bunnies. Look at it as another economical "bail out". We're bailing out the bunnies, and one desperate owner - who promises her days of bunny breeding are behind her!

For more information about all the organizations helping out in this particular case and what you can do to help as well go to the Bunnytransport website

Rabbitat Roof Collapse - NE Ohio !!

Rabbits in need of homes/rescue !!

As many of you know, five years ago my husband and I built a 1300 sq. ft. rabbitat to care for a large group of rabbits who had been dumped in California.

Unfortunately, the other night in the ice storm, the roof collapsed. We were incredibly lucky that only one rabbit waskilled in the disaster (I'd just taken out four fresh bales of hay and they stopped the beams from hitting the ground -- the one rabbit who was killed was on a bale of hay). Everyone is safely inside the house now, but I don't have a long term solution for keeping them here (and the short term one is about to kill me). I need to find rescues or homes for some of these guys, desperately.

The ideal situation would be to find a new rabbitat-type-situation for them to go to, they are used to having room to run, and being able to live a very rabbity life(they are, of course, spayed/neutered). But most if not all could be happy living inside with human friends, too. Some are extremely friendly.

If rescues could step up and take a group, I'd be eternally grateful (and the bunnies would too). But I'm also looking for good adoptive homes. Even temporary fosters would help me out. Please spread the word. Rabbits make great companions and are not hard to care for -- they can even be litter box trained!
Most everyone's life would be improved by a rabbit.

The rabbits are in NE Ohio but transport can be arranged to other areas.

Feel free to forward this email and ask people to contact me at dawn.shimp @ gmail.com (remove spaces to send Dawn an e-mail)

Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue (CA) needs your help

Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue has been notified by the leadership of the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society of their intention to reclaim use of the space currently occupied by the shelter rabbits to create a new animal intake area. WE MUST VACATE OUR AREA AT THE SHELTER AND HAVE ALL THE RABBITS RELOCATED BY MAY 31, 2011. After May 31, the shelter will focus exclusively on housing and adopting out dogs and cats. While they will continue to accept rabbits surrendered to the shelter or picked up as strays, they will no longer house rabbits on their property. We have verbal confirmation that rabbits will have a maximum three-day holding period before being euthanized.

Our top priority is to find safe placements for the rabbits currently at the shelter, as well as any additional rabbits taken in before May 31. After that date, it will be our direct goal to help get every rabbit that comes in to this shelter OUT of the shelter before the holding period expires. We are working to develop a network of rescues and additional foster homes to help us ensure the safety and well-being of all rabbits taken into this shelter both now and in the future.



(Walter is one of the many rabbits waiting for a loving home)

We can make this happen, but we need your help, and TIME IS RUNNING OUT! We are seeking foster and forever homes; transporters willing to drive or fly rabbits to other rescues, sanctuaries, or more distant forever-homes; and volunteers to help expand our outreach and education efforts.

For more information or if you can help in any way, please contact Zooh Corner President Cat (Alexandra) Logsdon at zoohgirl @ gmail.com (remove the spaces).

Thank you for your continued support!

Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue

Our time is running out in ....please help! (North California area)

My name is Shannon and my four surviving babies are Willie, Eddie, Charlie and Henri. I started out with 7 babies and 3 didn’t survive. Being at the shelter is a bit rough for us. My babies were born at the shelter and are only about 9 weeks old. They are helicopter eared boys who are extremely playful and need room to romp. Unfortunately, we are in a cage right now and the shelter is a bit stressful for us, hence why we all came down with URI and now there is a bit of discharge and sneezing coming out of all of us. We are currently on Baytril.

Because our shelter is overloaded, we are slated to be euthanized unless someone, or a rescue can come forward and sweep us away and find us a permanent home. If that rescue is you, or if you know of a special place where we can go permanently, please contact Jennifer at jenlee03 @ yahoo.com . We are in Northern California. Remember, we only have until Monday, January 10, 2010 or we will all be euthanized!!!!

We would like a happy new year for our family and hope that you can help us.

Please contact Jennifer at jenlee03 @ yahoo.com (remove spaces for correct e-mail address) directly.