WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 17, 2014 /CNW/ – Nature’s Bounty® Vitamins has announced the winners of its second annual ‘Share the Bounty’ $100,000 charity giveaway, and one of them even has a cotton tail connection, JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER! Read more
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
Just hours removed from the most demanding day in Rabbit Rescue Inc.’s nine-year history, Haviva Lush is running on empty.
But asked about the help received for her organization’s latest efforts and the Milton animal lover’s exhaustion quickly fades — replaced by a smile that speaks volumes about her appreciation for the ever-growing support for her work. Read more
They are lovable even in the off-season. But with Easter around the corner, the temptation to buy or adopt a bunny to surprise the family or make him a part of the seasonal decorations is even greater.
The trouble is Thumper’s novelty factor may not last beyond the holiday weekend, says Haviva Lush, the executive director of Rabbit Rescue, a Milton-based registered charity that takes in more than 500 small abandoned, abused, or neglected rabbits every year and places them in foster homes.
“Easter purchases are often impulse purchases, and they will just be returned later on,” Read more