News about rabbits
A ten-year effort to save California’s endangered riparian brush rabbit seems to be paying off. The rare species can be found in the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge west of Modesto. Read more
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has protested the recent action by Air India to allow rabbits and other animals to be transported to laboratories for experimentation. The protesters wore prison clothing and animal masks in front of the Indian embassy in Washington Read more
A veterinary clinic in England will be holding a “Rabbit Awareness Week” between May 7 and 10, 2013. Aldgate Veterinary Practice that serves the in Driffield and Bridlington area is inviting both new and existing clients to bring rabbits in for a complimentary health consultation. Read more
A rabbit in Scotland with a large hairball in his stomach was successfully treated using pineapple juice, according to a report in the Daily Record. Read more
Dana Donnelly and Kris
Dana Donnelly and Ohio Rabbit Rescue in Columbus have scored some great publicity in the form of an article in today’s Youngstown Vindicator newspaper. The report includes some background of how Ms. Donnelly got involved with rabbits Read more
A humane society on the east coast of Florida is putting on a very elaborate rabbit festival tomorrow. It’s the Bunfest of the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, happening Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 10 am until 4 pm. Read more
Ralph has regained the dubious title of World’s Fattest Rabbit, weighing in at 3 stone, 8 pounds. With one stone equalling 14 pounds, that’s 50 lbs. Ralph, a Continental Giant, lives in Uckfield, East Sussex, UK. Read more
When at least 77 rabbits were removed from a Dunwoody, Georgia home last week, only 11 were initially rescued by the Georgia House Rabbit Society. Many more were taken to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, an RV campground in Bremen Georgia, Read more
The Easter season is when rabbit rescues around the world work hard to get the message out to the public that giving a live rabbit to a child on a whim is a very bad idea. But an organization in South Carolina has come up with a novel alternative. The Rabbit Sanctuary in Simpsonville Read more
Yesterday we reported on a couple who were arrested in Dunwoody, Georgia on animal cruelty charges when 77 rabbits were taken away. Today we are pleased to add details supplied by the Georgia House Rabbit Society Read more
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