Bid to save Kelowna rabbits

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/Web_First_-_Bid_to_save_Kelowna_rabbits.html




A domesticated rabbit specialist wants city council to consider her proposal to relocate the domesticated rabbits targeted for culling by Kelowna city hall.

Roxane Woldenga organized what she called a grassroots protest outside city hall on Monday attended by about 40 supporters to try and influence a change in council’s previous decision to hire the firm EDB to cull the outbreak of rabbits.

Woldenga said council can proceed with offering a contract to EDB to round up the rabbits, and that she and others supporting her initiative would like to offer them sanctuary.

“We are not asking city hall to pay for it, let us pay for it,” Woldenga pleaded, noting that many residents are willing to donate cash, food and resources to prevent the rabbits from being killed.

“I have been blown away at how much people are willing to help these rabbits,” she said, noting that no firm commitments have come forward yet pending council’s next move in this public relations nightmare.

“There is a huge amount of support for us to make this happen. We just need council to open up the opportunity and let us do it,” Woldenga said concerning the sanctuary option.

Woldenga said as a rabbit specialist, she has helped many people deal with rabbit problems on their property, and said there are many options besides culling the animals for keeping them out of yards.

 

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[SnowyShiloh]

Aww How many rabbits are there? This is so sad, poor bunnies... I hope they are allowed to save some of them at least. If it costs $50,000 to round them up, it sounds like a lot of rabbits!

 

[TreasuredFriend]

Educate./ Responsibility./ Spay and Neuter.

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This is so sad that the scores of innocent lives will be destroyed. In rescue community I understand how we can only care for so many, andthen we work& devote 24/7 to get them adopted. On top of caring for our own family members.

I hope the end to all those innocent beings will be a humane decision and not a suffering demise.Horrendously sad !!!

It's not limited to B.C. either as we continually hear of shelter drop-offs with no spaces left. {{ pla725 }} Rabbits abandoned by the side of the road or dumped in woods, the park, any convenient "get rid of" place... the list goes on...

 

[TreasuredFriend]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

Aww How many rabbits are there? This is so sad, poor bunnies... I hope they are allowed to save some of them at least. If it costs $50,000 to round them up, it sounds like a lot of rabbits!

Yes, allowed to save some. :hearts I can imagine the death vibes they feel if they are terminated in massive clubbings orgroup elimination.

 

[buck rogers]

Back in March there was estimated to be over 5000 and even then there was experts who said that was a lit too conservative of a number. This is very sad that this is what they have decided was their only option . There is a bunch of videoes of Kelowna's rabbits on youtube if you want to see just how many there is, Literally tens of rabbits just chillin' on every street corner.