Cosmo, who is still with us came by way of Long Haul truckers from Auburn, Ca--he was fine and happy when we got him--not stressed at all. Mr Hoppes was brought to us by a series of 3 drivers from N California via Bunderground and he was also fine--both groups minimize stress and interact with the babies--while "some" shipping may cause stress these were not handled as "baggage"--therein lies the difference. The only problem was they were on death row at the shelters as they were both "biters" and had been returned for it and deemed un-adoptable--only took a couple of days to correct the behavior and they both were great--have told many people that if you don't train your bunny, your bunny will train you. Again there is a big difference between "loving care" and freight and we'd never put any bunny in a stressful situation--why it is called "RESCUE".