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[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]What's New at HRS[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]August 2009[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Dear friends,
Welcome to the third edition of the new HRS e-newsletter. The House Rabbit Journal is underway and we hope it will be finished soon. In the meantime, please let us know if you enjoy these monthly updates![/align]
Sincerely,
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Margo DeMello
House Rabbit Society
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[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]In This Issue [/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Chapter Updates[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rescue News[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]House Rabbit Handbook Available[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Massage your Rabbit[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rabbit Sound Off[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rabbits in the News[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]HRS Events[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Get Involved[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Connect with HRS[/font]
[url]http://www.hrsmostl.org/[/url]
Chicago
HRS Chicago will hold our annual Hop-A-Thon fundraiser on Saturday, September 12th at Bemis Woods in Western Springs, IL. We will be walking again this year with Critter Corral and Greater Chicago Ferret Assoc. Pledges are being taken for hoppers and Lois Miller who will "hop" in her bunny suit again this year in honor of all the foster rabbits.All proceeds will be used to pay for medical costs, spays/neuters and quality care for abandoned, abused and neglected domestic rabbits in our foster care.
[url]http://www.hrschicago.org[/url]
Seattle
Drought Hits Rabbit Meadows!
OUR WELL HAS DRIED UP!
The lack of substantial rain for the past couple of months has taken it's toll on our 15-foot dug well. We have never had a problem over the past 20 years, but the minimal rainfall over the last several months, in addition to the development of newly constructed homes in our area, has resulted in a decreased amount of water in the aquifer where our well gets its water.
We have been hauling water for the past several weeks while trying to determine how to handle this catastrophe! The rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents are currently receiving an adequate supply of water, but we have no choice but to drill a new well...
Hauling Water is Not Fun
We were able to acquire 6 water barrels: four 55 gallon barrels and two 30 gallon barrels. We fill three at a time. A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds or about 450 pounds per 55 gallon barrel. Hauling over a thousand pounds of water in our van really bottoms it out! We are hoping the van will hold up through this bad situation, as we're picking up water about every other day.
A small pump was donated and is what we use to move the water out of the van to the barrels on the ground. It's not the most reliable system, as the water often refuses to move from one place to another, but we're getting by.
Our goal is to build a permanent shelter in the near future at Rabbit Meadows so that we can get out of the crowded trailer where the animals are currently living. Phase III was going to be to drill a new well--a County requirement. However, the total lack of water in our well has changed this to an emergency situation. The cost will be between $10,000 and $15,000, depending upon how deep they will have to drill to find a good water supply.
We've had two very generous donations of $3,500 and $500. The $3,500 will be matched by Microsoft so we have $7,500 to put towards drilling. We're about half way to a new well. Please help if you can. If you have questions about the well or our plans to drill a new one, please contact [email protected] .
[url]http://www.RabbitMeadows.org[/url]
Louisiana
We are receiving more and more phone calls about abandoned rabbits this last month. Not only let loose but left in cages between apartment complexes. In our Parish(county to you) they have started a new group with the shelters and rescue people that meet every month or so to see how we can work more closely and understand each other's burdens. HRS/LA will be represented and I feel this is a good start to something worthwhile.
Melly(Marshmallow) has not gained use of her one back leg but remains a happy rabbit. Her outlook is something human's would be happy to have. Finally it appears her bowels are settling down but she still remain incontinent. We remain hopeful as she had such a horrific former life and rarely does one receive a rabbit in such extreme straights and still be able to keep her alive and happy.
[url]http://www.la-spca.org/education/rabbits/home.htm[/url]
San Diego
San Diego HRS recently expanded to create a "satellite" of our chapter in southern Riverside County to support rabbits at the Animal Friends of the Valleys Lake Elsinore shelter. This new group, Lucky Bunny Rabbit Rescue, was formed by SDHRS volunteers living in the Temecula/Murrieta area. Through the hard work of these volunteers, SDHRS has provided the shelter with a new Rabbit Cottage (thanks to donations for our supporters) that is air conditioned and lighted, along with all new cages and supplies, courtesy of PETCO Foundation. We've started a PETCO adoption program in Temecula for rabbits from the shelter and hope to expand to Murrieta in the near future. SDHRS also is providing spay/neuter services and medical care for the shelter rabbits. Things are definitely looking up for rabbits at the AFV shelter in Lake Elsinore! Our heartfelt thanks go out to volunteers Tamara & Scott Swanson, Cheryl & Rex Oliver, Cathy & Robert Estante, and Patricia Mulcahy for their hard work and dedication to getting this program in place. Visit the shelter's adoptable rabbits at http://www.catsandrabbitsandmore.com/afv_lake_elsinore.
http://www.sandiegorabbits.org
New Mexico
Thanks to the help of now 26 rescue groups who have taken in 310 New Mexico rabbits, and dozens of people and other organizations, we have found homes for most of the New Mexico rabbits we told you about last month. There are stillabout a dozenrabbits left to be placed, and we are focusing our efforts on placing them in New Mexico. We are awed and amazed by the outpouring of support, generosity, and kindness showed to us by organizations near and far away!
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Southern California Rescue GroupsNeeds Help[/align][/font]
For the past 14 months Bunny World Foundation has been involved inhelping to put an end to the illegal sales of animals in Los Angeles' SanteeAlley. Almost daily, baby bunnies havebeen confiscated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and had beeneuthanized (oftentimes with a shot to the heart) untilBWF began offeringrescue assistance.
Over these 14 months,BWF has taken in over 450 un-weaned baby bunnies, provided medical care, found homes for 250, andhas financiallyfunded this operation solely ontheir own.
In the past month, BWF has been ordered bytheir building'smanagement to relocate nearly 100 baby bunnies undertheir care. This means BWF must find a new space, find funding, find fosters and obviously find new homes.
This means that the hundreds of baby bunnies confiscated fromDowntown Los Angeles' Santee Alley will be euthanized by Los Angeles AnimalControl until these illegal sales are finally stopped.
BWF is asking for help from the rabbit rescue community. They are looking for individuals and groups to come forward to take in some of these babies.
To help, please contact Alison Litton at Bunny World Foundation, [email protected]
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House Rabbit Handbook Available![/align][/font]
The House Rabbit Handbook is once again available! As many of you know, the Handbook, written by Marinell Harriman and published by Drollery Press, is the book that started not only House Rabbit Society, but the entire house rabbit movement. First published in 1985, and now in its 4th edition, the Handbook remains the definitive book on caring for and understanding house rabbits.
Purchase your copy here
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Massage your Rabbit
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]and Help House Rabbit Society[/font]
[/align]
Chandra Moira Beal's The Relaxed Rabbit:Massage Techniques for Your Companion Rabbit DVD is now available, and$1from every purchase will goto HRS. Be sure to enter "HRS" in the comments when you make your order!
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Rabbit Sound Off![/align]
[/font]
Jennifer Armentrout,senior food editorat Finecooking.com, writes:
"We're thinking of doing some rabbit recipes in the near future, and we want your feedback. Are you interested in cooking and eating rabbit? And if you are, can you find it in your area?
Please help us out by posting a comment telling us know how you feel about rabbit, whether it's available to you, and where in the country you live. It would also help us to know whether you're in a rural, suburban, or urban area."
Please comment and let the folks at FineCooking.com know how you feel about rabbits on the table:
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Rabbits in the News[/align]
Cafe in JapanAppeals to Rabbit Lovers
[/font]
At the Usagi-to-Cafe in Nagoya, Japan, rabbits are dining companions to Japanese customers who can't have pets at home.
Read more here.
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]HRS Events[/font]
National HRS will be holding a Pet Loss workshop on Saturday, September 12 at the Rabbit Center in Richmond, CA.
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http://www.rabbit.org/rabbit-center
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[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Get Involved[/font]
HRS's rescue and educational efforts are supported entirely by volunteers and donors. Without the generosity of normal people like you, we could not do what we do.
How can you get involved, or more involved?
Volunteer at your shelter! [/align]
Volunteerwith your local HRS chapter!
Foster rabbits!
Educate the public! Start an HRS chapter!
To find out about the above ideas, read more here
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[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Connect with Us![/font][/align]
Are you on Facebook? Twitter? Digg? Myspace? Youtube?
So are we! House Rabbit Society has accounts on all of these sites, and invites you to join with us there. In addition, many of our chapters are well represented here as well, so be sure to look up your local chapter and sign up as a fan, friend, or follower!
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Adopt a rabbithttp://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102698824...hV1XGE0t3MOdSHwN1BdekObXY7j9Sel74KdoVyy2Oog==[/align]
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[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]What's New at HRS[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]August 2009[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Dear friends,
Welcome to the third edition of the new HRS e-newsletter. The House Rabbit Journal is underway and we hope it will be finished soon. In the meantime, please let us know if you enjoy these monthly updates![/align]
Sincerely,
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Margo DeMello
House Rabbit Society
[/font][/align]
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]In This Issue [/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Chapter Updates[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rescue News[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]House Rabbit Handbook Available[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Massage your Rabbit[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rabbit Sound Off[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Rabbits in the News[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]HRS Events[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Get Involved[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Connect with HRS[/font]
[url]http://www.hrsmostl.org/[/url]
Chicago
HRS Chicago will hold our annual Hop-A-Thon fundraiser on Saturday, September 12th at Bemis Woods in Western Springs, IL. We will be walking again this year with Critter Corral and Greater Chicago Ferret Assoc. Pledges are being taken for hoppers and Lois Miller who will "hop" in her bunny suit again this year in honor of all the foster rabbits.All proceeds will be used to pay for medical costs, spays/neuters and quality care for abandoned, abused and neglected domestic rabbits in our foster care.
[url]http://www.hrschicago.org[/url]
Seattle
Drought Hits Rabbit Meadows!
OUR WELL HAS DRIED UP!
The lack of substantial rain for the past couple of months has taken it's toll on our 15-foot dug well. We have never had a problem over the past 20 years, but the minimal rainfall over the last several months, in addition to the development of newly constructed homes in our area, has resulted in a decreased amount of water in the aquifer where our well gets its water.
We have been hauling water for the past several weeks while trying to determine how to handle this catastrophe! The rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents are currently receiving an adequate supply of water, but we have no choice but to drill a new well...
Hauling Water is Not Fun
We were able to acquire 6 water barrels: four 55 gallon barrels and two 30 gallon barrels. We fill three at a time. A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds or about 450 pounds per 55 gallon barrel. Hauling over a thousand pounds of water in our van really bottoms it out! We are hoping the van will hold up through this bad situation, as we're picking up water about every other day.
A small pump was donated and is what we use to move the water out of the van to the barrels on the ground. It's not the most reliable system, as the water often refuses to move from one place to another, but we're getting by.
Our goal is to build a permanent shelter in the near future at Rabbit Meadows so that we can get out of the crowded trailer where the animals are currently living. Phase III was going to be to drill a new well--a County requirement. However, the total lack of water in our well has changed this to an emergency situation. The cost will be between $10,000 and $15,000, depending upon how deep they will have to drill to find a good water supply.
We've had two very generous donations of $3,500 and $500. The $3,500 will be matched by Microsoft so we have $7,500 to put towards drilling. We're about half way to a new well. Please help if you can. If you have questions about the well or our plans to drill a new one, please contact [email protected] .
[url]http://www.RabbitMeadows.org[/url]
Louisiana
We are receiving more and more phone calls about abandoned rabbits this last month. Not only let loose but left in cages between apartment complexes. In our Parish(county to you) they have started a new group with the shelters and rescue people that meet every month or so to see how we can work more closely and understand each other's burdens. HRS/LA will be represented and I feel this is a good start to something worthwhile.
Melly(Marshmallow) has not gained use of her one back leg but remains a happy rabbit. Her outlook is something human's would be happy to have. Finally it appears her bowels are settling down but she still remain incontinent. We remain hopeful as she had such a horrific former life and rarely does one receive a rabbit in such extreme straights and still be able to keep her alive and happy.
[url]http://www.la-spca.org/education/rabbits/home.htm[/url]
San Diego
San Diego HRS recently expanded to create a "satellite" of our chapter in southern Riverside County to support rabbits at the Animal Friends of the Valleys Lake Elsinore shelter. This new group, Lucky Bunny Rabbit Rescue, was formed by SDHRS volunteers living in the Temecula/Murrieta area. Through the hard work of these volunteers, SDHRS has provided the shelter with a new Rabbit Cottage (thanks to donations for our supporters) that is air conditioned and lighted, along with all new cages and supplies, courtesy of PETCO Foundation. We've started a PETCO adoption program in Temecula for rabbits from the shelter and hope to expand to Murrieta in the near future. SDHRS also is providing spay/neuter services and medical care for the shelter rabbits. Things are definitely looking up for rabbits at the AFV shelter in Lake Elsinore! Our heartfelt thanks go out to volunteers Tamara & Scott Swanson, Cheryl & Rex Oliver, Cathy & Robert Estante, and Patricia Mulcahy for their hard work and dedication to getting this program in place. Visit the shelter's adoptable rabbits at http://www.catsandrabbitsandmore.com/afv_lake_elsinore.
http://www.sandiegorabbits.org
New Mexico
Thanks to the help of now 26 rescue groups who have taken in 310 New Mexico rabbits, and dozens of people and other organizations, we have found homes for most of the New Mexico rabbits we told you about last month. There are stillabout a dozenrabbits left to be placed, and we are focusing our efforts on placing them in New Mexico. We are awed and amazed by the outpouring of support, generosity, and kindness showed to us by organizations near and far away!
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Southern California Rescue GroupsNeeds Help[/align][/font]
For the past 14 months Bunny World Foundation has been involved inhelping to put an end to the illegal sales of animals in Los Angeles' SanteeAlley. Almost daily, baby bunnies havebeen confiscated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and had beeneuthanized (oftentimes with a shot to the heart) untilBWF began offeringrescue assistance.
Over these 14 months,BWF has taken in over 450 un-weaned baby bunnies, provided medical care, found homes for 250, andhas financiallyfunded this operation solely ontheir own.
In the past month, BWF has been ordered bytheir building'smanagement to relocate nearly 100 baby bunnies undertheir care. This means BWF must find a new space, find funding, find fosters and obviously find new homes.
This means that the hundreds of baby bunnies confiscated fromDowntown Los Angeles' Santee Alley will be euthanized by Los Angeles AnimalControl until these illegal sales are finally stopped.
BWF is asking for help from the rabbit rescue community. They are looking for individuals and groups to come forward to take in some of these babies.
To help, please contact Alison Litton at Bunny World Foundation, [email protected]
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
House Rabbit Handbook Available![/align][/font]
The House Rabbit Handbook is once again available! As many of you know, the Handbook, written by Marinell Harriman and published by Drollery Press, is the book that started not only House Rabbit Society, but the entire house rabbit movement. First published in 1985, and now in its 4th edition, the Handbook remains the definitive book on caring for and understanding house rabbits.
Purchase your copy here
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Massage your Rabbit
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]and Help House Rabbit Society[/font]
[/align]
Chandra Moira Beal's The Relaxed Rabbit:Massage Techniques for Your Companion Rabbit DVD is now available, and$1from every purchase will goto HRS. Be sure to enter "HRS" in the comments when you make your order!
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Rabbit Sound Off![/align]
[/font]
Jennifer Armentrout,senior food editorat Finecooking.com, writes:
"We're thinking of doing some rabbit recipes in the near future, and we want your feedback. Are you interested in cooking and eating rabbit? And if you are, can you find it in your area?
Please help us out by posting a comment telling us know how you feel about rabbit, whether it's available to you, and where in the country you live. It would also help us to know whether you're in a rural, suburban, or urban area."
Please comment and let the folks at FineCooking.com know how you feel about rabbits on the table:
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Rabbits in the News[/align]
Cafe in JapanAppeals to Rabbit Lovers
[/font]
At the Usagi-to-Cafe in Nagoya, Japan, rabbits are dining companions to Japanese customers who can't have pets at home.
Read more here.
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]HRS Events[/font]
National HRS will be holding a Pet Loss workshop on Saturday, September 12 at the Rabbit Center in Richmond, CA.
[/align]
http://www.rabbit.org/rabbit-center
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Get Involved[/font]
HRS's rescue and educational efforts are supported entirely by volunteers and donors. Without the generosity of normal people like you, we could not do what we do.
How can you get involved, or more involved?
Volunteer at your shelter! [/align]
Volunteerwith your local HRS chapter!
Foster rabbits!
Educate the public! Start an HRS chapter!
To find out about the above ideas, read more here
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Connect with Us![/font][/align]
Are you on Facebook? Twitter? Digg? Myspace? Youtube?
So are we! House Rabbit Society has accounts on all of these sites, and invites you to join with us there. In addition, many of our chapters are well represented here as well, so be sure to look up your local chapter and sign up as a fan, friend, or follower!
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]About House Rabbit Society[/font]
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
[/align]Quick Links
[align=left][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]
Visit our website
Adopt a rabbithttp://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102698824...hV1XGE0t3MOdSHwN1BdekObXY7j9Sel74KdoVyy2Oog==[/align]
Support our Work
Link to Us
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