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Background
As many of you may have heard, the University of Victoria has be dealing with a ballooning population of feral rabbits. To control the population, they have decided to euthanize all the rabbits that EARS (Earthanimal Humane Education and Rescue Society) cannot sterilize and relocate. Recently, EARS has stated that they are only able to take 200 rabbits due to space constraints of their sanctuary. As a result, the remaining 1500 will be killed.
In recent news, a Texas rabbit sanctuary has offered to take 1000 of the rabbits. However, their offer may be in vain as UVIC legally has the right to continue on its current chosen path without the intervention of the Minister of Environment (who is conveniently away at this time).
What we're doing about it
A small group of us (and maybe you!) will be going to UVIC this Sunday, August 1 to retrieve as many rabbits as we can. As we are based in Vancouver, we will be taking the 6am ferry from Tswwassen to Swartz Bay and then returning later in the evening on the 7pm or 8pm ferry.
Details
As this weekend is a long weekend, we anticipate high volumes at the ferry terminals and therefore will be at the terminal with our vehicle at least an hour earlier than our departure time.
A ferry ticket is $14 each way.
If you are already in Victoria, please send me a PM for further arrangements.
Pack a smell-free lunch you don't mind eating lukewarm and a water bottle. Don't forget to bring some treats for the rabbits!
Not around? No problem!
If you want to help but you're not able to, feel free to donate to our medical fund. This will go to help neuter and spay the rabbits along with any other medical attention that they may require.
Who are we helping
Meet Sidney. He's the rabbit we caught last week on Sunday, July 25. He's as tame as can be and thinks he's now bonded to April (PixieStixxxx).
Unfortunately, over the course of his stay at UVIC, the native feral rabbits haven't been friendly and Sidney's got bite marks all over him to prove it. He was so severely malnourished and dehydrated when we caught him that his fur feels as coarse as a dog's fur - or at least one that has rolled around in the mud for a good ten minutes. In addition, his right hind leg is seriously injured and he's since been prescribed metacam, zythromax and penecillin. An x-ray revealed that the small bones that allow his hock mobility are fused together. If the infection cannot be controlled, his leg will need to be amputated. Check out the link above for pictures.
Over the course of the last five days, April's been slowly rehabilitating him and he's even starting to be able to stretch out.
Want to help rabbits like Sidney out? Let's do this already!
In Summary
Meeting: Tswwassen Ferry Terminal @ 06:00
Departure: Tswwassen Ferry Terminal @ 07:00
Bring:
As many of you may have heard, the University of Victoria has be dealing with a ballooning population of feral rabbits. To control the population, they have decided to euthanize all the rabbits that EARS (Earthanimal Humane Education and Rescue Society) cannot sterilize and relocate. Recently, EARS has stated that they are only able to take 200 rabbits due to space constraints of their sanctuary. As a result, the remaining 1500 will be killed.
In recent news, a Texas rabbit sanctuary has offered to take 1000 of the rabbits. However, their offer may be in vain as UVIC legally has the right to continue on its current chosen path without the intervention of the Minister of Environment (who is conveniently away at this time).
What we're doing about it
A small group of us (and maybe you!) will be going to UVIC this Sunday, August 1 to retrieve as many rabbits as we can. As we are based in Vancouver, we will be taking the 6am ferry from Tswwassen to Swartz Bay and then returning later in the evening on the 7pm or 8pm ferry.
Details
As this weekend is a long weekend, we anticipate high volumes at the ferry terminals and therefore will be at the terminal with our vehicle at least an hour earlier than our departure time.
A ferry ticket is $14 each way.
If you are already in Victoria, please send me a PM for further arrangements.
Pack a smell-free lunch you don't mind eating lukewarm and a water bottle. Don't forget to bring some treats for the rabbits!
Not around? No problem!
If you want to help but you're not able to, feel free to donate to our medical fund. This will go to help neuter and spay the rabbits along with any other medical attention that they may require.
Who are we helping
Meet Sidney. He's the rabbit we caught last week on Sunday, July 25. He's as tame as can be and thinks he's now bonded to April (PixieStixxxx).
Unfortunately, over the course of his stay at UVIC, the native feral rabbits haven't been friendly and Sidney's got bite marks all over him to prove it. He was so severely malnourished and dehydrated when we caught him that his fur feels as coarse as a dog's fur - or at least one that has rolled around in the mud for a good ten minutes. In addition, his right hind leg is seriously injured and he's since been prescribed metacam, zythromax and penecillin. An x-ray revealed that the small bones that allow his hock mobility are fused together. If the infection cannot be controlled, his leg will need to be amputated. Check out the link above for pictures.
Over the course of the last five days, April's been slowly rehabilitating him and he's even starting to be able to stretch out.
Want to help rabbits like Sidney out? Let's do this already!
In Summary
Meeting: Tswwassen Ferry Terminal @ 06:00
Departure: Tswwassen Ferry Terminal @ 07:00
Bring:
- $28 for the ferry (round-trip)
- bus fare is $5 round-trip
- lunch & water
- rabbit treats (apple, banana, carrot, etc)
- any extra carriers you might have; soft or hard
- a camera
