Bruno needs your help

Saturday 20 June 2009 at 06:43 am

Bruno was rescued last summer from San Bruno mountain. He had been living up there for three months. While on the mountain he was bitten by ticks and developed masses on his neck. These wart like masses are caused by ticks giving him the Papillomas virus. Several of the masses were removed at the time he was neutered. One of the large masses return a few months later and was removed.

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Help Us Flush!

Thursday 28 May 2009 at 08:02 am We just found out that the plumbing at HRS Headquarters in California needs to be overhauled, and we need to raise $5800 quickly to fix it. Your donations to the new "Toilet Fund" will allow our staff and volunteers to be able to do their work and flush our troubles away! Thank you!

New HRS Visa Card!

Wednesday 22 April 2009 at 10:58 am We're excited to announce a brand new way that you can support House Rabbit Society--the HRS Visa card!

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Link to our Site!

Friday 03 April 2009 at 12:59 pm Did you know you could link to the HRS site, to increase awareness of rabbit rescue, and to help us with fundraising? It's easy! Just go to http://www.rabbit.org/hrs-info/link-to-hrs.html and pick out a button, copy the code into your own website or blog's html, and you're done!

Volunteer Party!

Friday 13 March 2009 at 2:14 pm March is volunteer appreciation month and we're throwing a party for
the volunteers to celebrate! The volunteer party will be Saturday,
the 29th from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. We'll have pizza, snacks, and
drinks. (The food will be both vegetarian and vegan friendly.)
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University of Victoria newsletter is horrifying

Friday 13 March 2009 at 09:43 am

A description in a University of Victoria newsletter of how to kill, clean and cook the rabbits running wild on campus has animal rights groups hopping mad.

The article -- Cook up a pot of Rabbit Restoration Stew -- appeared in Essence, a newsletter put out by environmental studies students.

"Kill a nice fat UVic rabbit," wrote Abe Lloyd, a graduate student, who said he eats about one university bunny a month.

Full story here: http://www.canada.com/School+rabbit+recipe+bugs+some+bunny+fans/1381171/story.html

Fun Run for the Buns!

Thursday 05 March 2009 at 12:59 pm Hey runners and walkers! If you're in California, we hope you'll join us at the Sacramento HRS chapter's Run for the Buns! To find out more, visit http://www.rabbit.org/rabbit-center/events/RFTB09web.pdf!

Wild Rabbits may not need your help

Thursday 05 March 2009 at 07:19 am Many people mean well when they contact HRS after discovering an "abandoned" nest of wild rabbits. Often they wish to "rehabilitate" them with some advice from others. The reality is fewer than 10% of orphaned rabbits survive a week, and the care that people attempt to provide can be illegal, unnecessary, and potentially harmful. The best thing you can do is put the bunny right back where you found him, in the general area, as the Mom will only come back at night to call and find him. Leave the area. If injured, please contact a Wildlife Rehabilitator or rabbit vet immediately.

Toy Making Class coming soon!

Thursday 05 March 2009 at 06:53 am Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming toy making class on March 29! Email class@rabbit.org for info!

Rabbits at PHS Need Your Help

Sunday 24 August 2008 at 12:10 pm

Peninsula Humane Society has a number of rabbits who were running loose in South San Francisco. 15 of them were brought to the shelter two weeks ago, another 7 came in last week, and Donna Jensen of Burrow Inn just caught five more and will be fostering some, as will Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary. They are euthanizing rabbits from the first batch and could really use some adoptive or foster homes. As Donna says, having these rabbits being rounded up to be euthanized doesn't seeem right. If you can help, please contact Donna at waltbda@aol.com.

Great commercial with Amy Sedaris and her bunnies

Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 09:49 am

Yes, it's for Microsoft Operating system. But how many software commercials mention the House Rabbit Society?? And it also stars Amy Sedaris and her bunnies! Very cute and funny and highly recommended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vC9taroEsI

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The Rabbit of the Month Hall of Fame is back

Monday 21 January 2008 at 10:26 am The Rabbit of the Month Hall of Fame is back up! If you're looking for the perfect bunny, or just like reading about bunnies, take a look--the link can be found at the top of the Richmond Rabbit Center's Rabbit of the Month page. Then click on any picture to go to the full story. Lots of these guys are still looking for homes, so you might just find the bunny of your dreams.

Photos of Adopted Rabbits Needed

Friday 04 January 2008 at 3:44 pm

Attention everyone who adopted a rabbit from House Rabbit Society! We need your photos and videos.

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Romeo's blog

Monday 31 December 2007 at 9:02 pm

But soft! What light through yonder habitat breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun … or maybe a shooting star. Yes, my Juliet’s definitely more of a shooting star. She doesn’t stay still long enough to be the sun. Shooting stars really are kind of like bunnies, binkying through the sky.

But what I want to know is, why hasn’t anyone adopted us? It’s a year ago this month that we were bunnies of the month, back when we were goofy teenagers. And now we’re grown up—but still a little goofy—and still no one has stepped up to take us home. Why is that? We don’t make a mess of our pen like Brownie and Honda. We don’t hide in our box like Flopsy and Mopsy. Even when they brought those busloads of teenagers through the Rabbit Center and they all wanted to pet us, we were nice. (Well, Juliet got a little impatient after a while, but she got over it.)

And I won’t say anything about myself, but Juliet is superbeautiful. Really, those rakish ears—how can you resist? And black is such a stylish color—it goes with anything. So it’s time for someone to take the plunge and bring us home. All we ask is to take our raspberry treats with us.

Blueberry & Rodney go home!

Monday 22 October 2007 at 8:10 pm

Blueberry & Rodney went home last week with their longtime bunny buddies, Ken and Alda. Ken and Alda have been coming in almost every week since March to spend time with their buddies, bringing them toys and treats and just making them feel loved. In the end, they moved to a new apartment where they could have pets just so they could adopt Blueberry and Rodney. These are two lucky buns!

Great animated bunny commercial!

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Happy Birthday, Bruno!

Friday 17 August 2007 at 11:14 am

He looks surprised, doesn’t he? It isn’t often we know the exact birthday of a bunny, but we do happen to know that Bruno was born August 17, 2006. That’s when he and his six siblings were found in the back of a pickup truck. The owner of the truck thought they were newborn pit bulls (!) and took them to the local shelter, where Marisa recognized them as bunnies and rescued them. Maya, a nursing mother rabbit from San Jose Shelter, generously agreed to raise the orphans as her own.

Despite his early resemblance to a pit bull, Bruno is quiet and well-mannered. He likes cilantro, dried papaya, banana slices, and hay. He has excellent litterbox habits. And he has yet to attack anyone. He is hoping his stay at the Rabbit Center will help him find the perfect home, where he hopes to be spoiled and fussed over.

For his birthday, Bruno has asked for a Michael Vick chew toy.

Sunflower and Sabrina need to find a home soon!

Monday 13 August 2007 at 4:06 pm

Hi! We're Sunflower and Sabrina, mom & daughter, and looking for a safe haven to call our home!  All of Sabrina's siblings have been adopted, but the two of us share a special bond and have stayed together. We watch out for each other and love to snuggle side-by-side. We are still a bit shy around people, but that doesn't mean we don't like to play!

Currently, their foster home can only keep them short-term and so we need to find a new foster home or permanent home ASAP.  Please help!

If you are interested in these two wonderful and mellow rabbits please contact Jennifer, at (650)255-6764 or via e-mail at jennifer@ rabbit.org.

Brownie & Honda Retire!

Monday 13 August 2007 at 1:32 pm

Brownie and Honda have retired from the Rabbit Center and are settling in at Harvest Home (that luxurious bunny retirement home out in Tracy). They left without waiting for us to organize a retirement party (I guess they didn't want that gold watch!) but we do want to wish them all the best, and hope they'll be very happy in the herd!

PERMENANT HOME FOUND FOR PEACHES!

Thursday 28 June 2007 at 9:53 pm

On Friday night, I was put in touch with a woman who had done some rabbit rescues for us in the past.  Her mother had heard about Peaches plight and had her call me to find out what was going on.  When I told her, she said that Peaches will have a home with her then and we made arrangements on how the exchange would happen.  Since she would only be able to pick up Peaches on Monday, I decided to pack up Peaches that night and bring her to my house for the weekend.  Peaches will be picked up and transported to her new home tomorrow evening.  Congratulations Peaches!

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