A bunny left in the Orangeville OSPCA’s care has been euthanized even though the director of a rabbit rescue agency says a permanent home had been secured for her.
“It is so tragically unfair. This bunny was saved, only to be euthanized,” argued Haviva Porter-Lush, executive director of the Rabbit Rescue based in Cambridge. “They knew we had a confirmed spot, a permanent place where she would get the care she needed forever.”
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A Cambridge woman who helped rescue more than 70 rabbits from “deplorable” living conditions last summer is still working to find homes for 11 bunnies.
Haviva Porter-Lush, who founded the Cambridge-based Rabbit Rescue foundation more than 15 years ago, successfully located foster and adoptive families for nearly all of the rabbits seized from a Peterborough facility, which raised them for meat in unacceptable conditions.
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It was controlled chaos at Haviva Porter-Lush’s house on Sunday morning.
Porter-Lush heads Rabbit Rescue Inc., a charity she set up 15 years ago that’s dedicated to helping place rabbits that have been abandoned, neglected or mistreated. On Sunday, she was taking on the delivery of the first 40 of a group of 110 rabbits rescued from the Peterborough area.
Cardboard cat carriers filled all the available space in the dining room, a volunteer was busy photographing rabbits and checking them off a list, while two other people were unloading rabbits from a van and gradually filling the dozens of boxes with bunnies.
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Haviva Porter-Lush is on a mission to find as many local homes as possible for bunnies seized from a Peterborough facility where rabbits were being raised for meat in “deplorable” conditions.
Porter-Lush, who started the Cambridge-based Rabbit Rescue foundation 15 years ago, is working with animal advocates in Peterborough to locate permanent, or foster, homes for the 103 rabbits seized.
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Many of these bunnies are still looking for their forever homes, check out our adoption section to save one!
Meet Ben and Bella, the cutest buns you will ever meet! These two bunnies absolutely love receiving cuddles and kisses! Benny will make your heart melt- he loves to lick your toes, lips and hands. Benny is a kind, outgoing and sweet bunny who has clean litter habits. Bella is a very sweet bunny who loves to cuddle Benny and give him lots of love. She sometimes can be a bit shy but once she warms up to you she enjoys kisses and cuddles. They found their fur-ever home in June 2016!
While there are cruelty cases of hoarding and mass abuse, other rabbits are abandoned outdoors by families who are simply tired of having them as pets, leaving them susceptible to starvation, dehydration for becoming roadkill. “They don’t have survival skills,” says Porter-Lush. Read the full story here.
This is Willow, who was adopted by his foster mom in 2016! By these photos you can see how comfortable he is in his new forever home. We are so happy for you Mr Willow! Can’t wait to get updates in the future.
Mike was bought from a market and dumped outside and brought to a shelter. He came to us as the shelter could not keep him or treat any medical issues. We had him neutered and treated for ear mites. He was named after a long-time supporter of RR, who is a friend to RR and the bunnies!
He was officially adopted in July 2016! Congratulations handsome man!
Miss Stephie was adopted in 2016!
We have BIG news to share. Rabbit Rescue Inc & The Save Response team are delighted to announce the release of TWO rabbits from a Southern Ontario Slaughter House. Two months in the works, were able to save these bunnies that were scheduled for slaughter June 15th 2015. These bonded females are only 12 weeks old.
They need names! We would love to hear your suggestions to help us find the perfect names for these two! Please visit us on Facebook and comment with your name suggestions! You can also help make a difference in their lives by donating towards their spays and any medical care they need. All donations are tax deductible. Click Here.
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Monty came to us from a shelter when he was out of time, he was not a happy boy there! He loved his veggies and treats and would take them from your hand eagerly.
Having spent time in foster care Monty is learned that some people can be trusted and maybe even loved. Monty is a big cuddly fluff ball with a strong personality. He loves to explore his surroundings and can jump quite high. One of his favourite things is to get a good nose rub. He also is quite fond of romaine lettuce. Monty is an inquisitive and intelligent little guy who likes to play with small wire/plastic balls and bells. He has sometimes swung the bells around as if to say come feed me.
Monty was adopted in April 2016!
Oreo and Electra were dumped outside by their previous owners and rescued by RR. They are a very cute brother and sister pair. When not running around exploring the house, they can be found snuggled together, possibly grooming each other. They both love their veggies, and will even take them out of your mouth! Electra immediately is very interested in whatever you’re doing, but Oreo will observe for a while first, then come over and nudge you for attention. They are very sneaky, and like to cause trouble, but they know if you’re calling their name they shouldn’t be doing that, and will stop and pretend like they weren’t doing anything! Oreo loves his tunnel, and will take naps in it and run in and out of it. Like any sibling pair, they have their ups and downs; sometimes they love to play together, but sometimes they will “fight” over the last bite of lettuce. RR has had them both spayed/neutered, vet checked and they’re new forever family says they are in great health.
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This handsome man found his forever home in April of 2016! We’re so happy for him and his new family!
TORONTO – They’re cute and fluffy and they make great Easter gifts for kids.
But animal rights groups are warning parents to stay away from buying pet rabbits as an Easter novelty, because a few weeks later, the small animals typically end up abandoned.
“We try hard to educate that rabbits are not toys, they should not be given as gifts – particularly for small children,” Haviva Lush, executive director of Rabbit Rescue, told Global News. Read more
KITCHENER — The tiny cardboard castle in Brenda Lloyd-Yetman’s living room is fit for a princess — a particularly furry princess named Lancie — with her adorable twitchy nose, long delicate ears and air of rabbit royalty about her.
Lloyd-Yetman loves bunnies and devotes hours caring for Lancie — the rabbit was even in her wedding party — and she runs the online store for Rabbit Rescue Inc., a non-profit organization of volunteers scattered across Southwestern Ontario who rescue… Read more
Charges were laid Monday Aug. 15th. The Ontario SPCA has charged Hendrick Reckman of Billings Township, with 26 counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act, after over 400 rabbits were found in his care. 200 of those rabbits were euthanized. Rabbit Rescue took in over 100 of the remaining ones. Read more
Mobility-challenged Pipkin outfitted with what’s believed to be first such device made in Canada
Little Pipkin won’t be flipping over onto his back in the middle of the night anymore. And that has his owner flipping out with appreciation.
Taken in by Haviva Lush of the Milton-based Rabbit Rescue Inc. after being surrendered as a baby five years ago, the dwarf lop cross — born to brother/sister parents — is the textbook definition of a special-needs bunny. Read more
Haviva Porter is over-whelmed by rabbits.
The executive director of the Rabbit Rescue in Milton, Ont., recently received 103 rabbits from the Sudbury area, many of which had respiratory infections, parasites and, in the case of one animal, needed to have its eye removed.
These rabbits were among the 400 taken by the Ontario SPCA in May from a Manitoulin Island property.
Hendrick Reckman has been charged with 26 counts of animal cruelty after the SPCA received an animal care complaint. These charges include five counts of permitting animals to be in distress, five counts of failing to provide necessary care for general welfare and one count of failing to kill an animal humanely. If convicted, Reckman could face a $60,000, fine up to two years in jail and a lifetime ban from owning pets. Read more