Adult | Female | Spayed | Arrived April 2012
Roo (4.5 yrs) short for Kangaroo, is the perfect family pet. She wants nothing more than to be apart of your family. She loves to hop around and visit everyone that comes near her, she is not shy by any means. She loves to be pet and will even give you kisses as a “thank you”.
Toronto Veggie Pride ParadeOn Saturday, June 2, 2012 the 3rd annual Toronto Veggie Pride Parade will take place. This family-friendly parade features musicians, dancers, jugglers, party-goers and fun-seekers of all kinds. It will be starting at Yonge & Bloor and ending at Trinity Square, adjacent the Eaton Centre, where they will host guest speakers, provide an opportunity for parade participants to mingle, sample delicious veg food and be entertained.
Several animal welfare groups participate in this parade with banners, pamphlets, mascots, etc. to show their support, as well as to bring awareness to their cause. This year Rabbit Rescue will be represented as well, and welcome you to join us.
Fast facts:
• Toronto Veggie Pride Parade will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 11:30 am – 3:30 pm – all are welcome to celebrate with us!
• TV Host Kimberly Carroll will be the MC for the day
• Broad media coverage
• The parade will last 4 hours from start to finish
• Starting on Asquith Avenue (Yonge/Bloor – next to the Toronto Reference Library), we will travel south along Yonge Street to Queen Street, west along Queen to James Street, north on James to Trinity Square which is adjacent to the Eaton Centre (15 city blocks)
• Parade will be covering an extensive area of the heart of downtown Toronto, passing one of North America’s busiest intersections (it is estimated that over 56 million people pass Yonge/Dundas each year), and ending at Toronto’s top tourist attraction the Eaton Centre
• The Toronto parade is one of many similar events being held in cities across Europe and the United States
You can find the poster here @ http://veggieprideparade.ca/
Stephanie Kivell is our lead organizer for the RR team! If you would like to volunteer nad participate, please email her at: stephanie_kivell@yahoo.ca and she will help coordinate the RR volunteers. It should be lots of fun and a super opportunity for RR!
Hope to see you there!
It’s that time of year that nests and little babies will be springing up everywhere. Although our first reaction is to think they have been abandoned, they probably have not! If you do not see the mom, she
is likely just out of sight for fear of attracting attention to the babies. They only nurse once or twice a day, usually late at night.
DO NOT MOVE THEM if you don’t see the mom. If you are concerned, contact your local wildlife centre. In Toronto, you can contact Toronto Wildlife Centre at 416-631-0662.
Please see our Cottontails page for more information, and to locate a rehabber in your area.
A very special bunny named Fiver came into our lives in September 2003. In the wonderful year that he spent with us, he taught us about life and love and touched many hearts.
Always a happy bunny, he enjoyed munching on dill and his ‘puff’ treats, binking around, and cuddling. Those who knew him fell in love with his outgoing personality, helicopter ears and adorable ‘quacking’. A bunny who beat the odds, his memory continues to live on in the Fiver Trust Fund. Donations made in his honor are used for special needs rabbits requiring long term medical care. With this Fund, bunnies like Fiver will get a second chance at life.
The Fiver Trust Fund is for our rescues who need more than just a forever home. By contributing to this long term care fund, you will help improve and prolong the the life of a special rabbit.
Click here to donate!
Now is the time for you to make a difference for rabbits raised for food in Canada! Just a few minutes of your time will ensure that enough awareness of this issue will be raised. Then, there will be enough proof of public support for Rabbit Rescue to request a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture.
But first we need 300 letters! Write to the Federal and Provincial Ministers of Agriculture and your local MP to ask them to change the Humane Slaughter Act and to revise the Codes of Practice to include rabbits. Read more
Rabbit Rescue relies heavily on our wonderful foster homes. Without foster homes, Rabbit Rescue could not save animals from being euthanized. We work primarily with shelters across Ontario and get the rabbits that are at most risk, and out of time out of the shelters.
The more foster homes we have the more bunnies we can save.
We do realize that we can’t save them all, but each and every foster parent can help us save one more life and make a huge difference to even one animal.
Besides saving a rabbit’s life, fostering is also a great way to find out if a bunny is the right pet for you. You will have no obligations to keep fostering the rabbit if it is not working out for you. However we do ask that you give us as much notice as possible, so we can locate another appropriate foster home. It is always in the best interest of the animals to be moved around as little as possible, so please take your time to think about if fostering is something you can commit to.
Considering fostering a bunny? Please check out our fostering section for more information.