Author: Faith

Hilltop’s Halloween Party

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This past Friday, Hilltop Animal Hospital hosted their 6th Annual Pet Halloween Party. We had a lovely time, and our sweet little Callalily won their costume contest! This beautiful little girl came to us from Hogtown Reptile Shop, where her previous family had dumped her (with fleas and a lot of ear mites) to be snake food; the shop’s owners called us and we came to her rescue. Over the weekend, Callalily went to her forever home.

Callalily
Callalily in her winning costume

We’d like to thank Hilltop Animal Hospital for inviting us. They are wonderful veterinarians and they help us with all of our spays and neuters.

Thank you SSA!

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Thanks so much to the Student Animal Alliance for taking time out of your weekend to come out and help us today! This student group from UF helped clean, rake, and re-arrange things at the Bunny Barn. They were very hard workers and weren’t afraid to get a little dirty… you guys are great!

We Need Foster Homes!

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As many of you are aware, “bunny dump” season is in full force. The months after Easter are always hard for shelters and rabbit rescues who are inundated with unwanted baby buns (that were purchased as Easter gifts), in addition to the usual strays and owner relinquishes.

We’ve gotten several emails recently from kill shelters asking for our help. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to help them all, as our current foster homes are full. If you are interested in fostering so we can pull these guys, or have any questions, please contact us at info@gainesvillerabbitrescue.org.

Tractor Supply PAW Adoption Event

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Tractor Supply PAWS Adoption Event

Come visit us at the Tractor Supply stores in Ocala (August 5-7) and Lake Wales (August 6) for their Pet Appreciation Week (PAW) adoption event. This will be a great opportunity for us to educate people about keeping rabbits as indoor pets, as well as their special needs, and the importance of choosing chocolate rabbits at Easter.

For more information, you may visit Tractor Supply’s website: https://www.tractorsupply.com/paw

Newsletter

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Check out our first issue of our new newsletter! It is attached here in PDF form, for those of you who are not on our list. However, links provided in the newsletter will not work.

If you’d like to receive future issues in an HTML e-mail, please send us a message with your name on our Contact Page, and we’ll add you to the list.

Rabbits are Live Lunch at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL

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It was brought to our attention that the Big Cat Rescue in Tampa has been training bobcats to hunt by using live domesticated rabbits. As a rabbit rescue and animal advocates we are infuriated to hear about this cruel practice. Using domesticated rabbits to train these animals is useless. The picture below captures a moment when the bunny comes up to the cat and touches his nose, only a trustworthy rabbit would do this, so the question that remains is what kind of training is this?

(Photo: Big Cat Rescue image from video)

I do not think that in the wild these animals will be able to get a prey animal this easily and it is cruel to put a defenseless bunny through this kind of torture. Please help us by writing to their CEO and the Humane Society as this cruel practice needs to stop!

Founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue is:

Carole Baskin
12802 Easy Street
Tampa, Florida 33625
info@bigcatrescue.org

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay
3607 N Armenia Ave.
Tampa, FL 33607
813-876-7138

Animal abuse or complaint line – Hillsborough County Animal Services (813) 744-5660

Please Help Us!!

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Pet Rabbit Toys is hosting a fundraiser. If you donate $20.00 worth of toys, they will double that amount and the fun part is that you can sent it to your favorite rabbit rescue(that’s us of course) . We really need some new toys as we have many new rabbits and we are running short. The bunnies and all the volunteers thank you in advance!

http://pet-rabbit-toys.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=11&zenid=4e463fac0350dcce4838767fa910dfd7

February is the Month for Love

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Adopt a rescued rabbit!

We have lots of bunny pairs who are looking for love with a new forever family. We also have lots of single buns who are looking for a partner with a bun in a loving home. Come meet your other half and give somebunny a new beginning!

IHOP (Improved Habitat Overhaul Project)

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Dear Friends:

Last year we started to renovate a barn donated by one of our volunteers, with the support of the community and volunteers, we have been able to make progress. However, we still need help and any donations are appreciated. The following are pictures of our renovations, as always thank you for your help!

IHOP (Improved Habitat Overhaul Project)

IHOP (Improved Habitat Overhaul Project)

IHOP (Improved Habitat Overhaul Project)