With chapters in 22 states, this volunteer-based, nonprofit animal welfare organization is dedicated to rescuing and rehoming abandoned rabbits, as well as rabbit advocacy and public education.
A greater understanding of these amazing creatures will lead to stronger bonds between them and their human companions, which is the first step in ending the flood of abandoned rabbits at shelters around the country.
The popular event raised a record-breaking $ 13,000, which will help the more than 300 neglected and abandoned rabbits, guinea pigs and other small exotics that come to Humane Society of the Treasure Coast.
Jennifer McGee, co-manager of the Georgia chapter of House Rabbit Society, a shelter in the southeastern part of the state, says they normally receive one to two calls a week about abandoned rabbits.
Instead of buying a rabbit from a pet store or off the Internet, Conway encourages bunny seekers to adopt from the shelter or Rabbit Haven, which is a local nonprofit dedicated to rescuing, treating, and finding permanent homes for endangered or abandoned rabbits.
Every day, we receive phone calls and emails from people who want to surrender their rabbit, people who have found an abandoned rabbit, and area animal control facilities who have bunnies scheduled to be euthanized.
She rescues injured and abandoned rabbits and accepts surrendered rabbits from animal control and shelters from all over the Eastern Part of North Carolina, but mainly from Pitt County.
Our chapter is devoted to finding permanent, loving homes for abandoned rabbits and educating the public's understanding of rabbits as companion animals.