The whole Bay area is extremely active in bunnyrescue and I believe the majority of the areas have adopted 'no kill'policies. I know that rescue ops in LA and other places usethem as the model. And Save-A-Bunny is probably the bestknown rescue operation in the world.
That said, I'm on their mailing list, I've tried to step in an respondto to 'emergency' emails twice, now, and never got a response in eithercase. I had aBay-area resident coming my way andshe was willing to possibly adopt but definitelytransport,butafter several attempts, nada.
I understand that these are volunteer operations, andthey'rebusy, andif I didn't 'qualify', best use thetime to do something more production,and/or I had to assumethe 'emergencies'were taken care of, which was goodnews,so I didn't mind.
HOWEVER, if there are bunnies being euthanized in this area, thatreally sucks. That puts them in the same league asPETA in my book.PETA is just anawesomelypromoted operation that would be the best organization in theworldif theywere really out to 'rescue' needypets. They're not. They exist solely to 'liberate'animals. They've just managed to do a great snow job oneverybody for years.
If these 'shelters' are looking at 'rescue' through an equally narrowscope -- not in terms of philosophy or execution, just in terms ofparameters -- "we'd rather see dead bunnies over slightlyinconvenienced bunnies'-- they can :censored2.
The House Rabbit Society is another WONDERFUL operation. ButI have a very responsible friend with a fenced yard, ahugehutch perfect for multiple rabbits, all kinds ofcovered'safe' areas, etc, in a citywith a mildclimate,and she tried to step in in an 'emergency' anddidn'tmeet the"house rabbit" criteria.She's not allowed to adopt or foster. The hutch sitsempty.Soinstead, therearebunniesliving in small wire cages at theshelters, withliterally only minutes of free runtime. Do these people forget that's arabbit'snatural environment?
Anyway, don't get me started.
Oops. :embarrassed:Too late.
