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Shelters across the country are in crisis right now, overloaded with unwanted rabbits who are in danger of being euthanized. Blame it on Easter "impulse purchases" or simply the amazing reproductive capabilities of rabbits, but once again this year, If you can find room in your home, please consider helping your local shelter or rescue by adopting or fostering a bunny in need - you'll be saving a life. Literally.


Easter And Bunnies Don't Mix

Please Don't Give Pets As Gifts!!
Shelters and rescues are inundated with animals that were given as gifts to people who didn't really want them and don't know how to take care of them. They expect this year to be no different, beginning on the day after Christmas. Please don't give a live animal as a gift - give a stuffed plush toy instead, or consider making a donation to a rescue or shelter in someone's name as a gift. Just please don't give a live animal as a gift - it requires a lifelong commitment to the pet, and too often they get shortchanged. Thanks!!
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3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue, Inc. is an all volunteer not for profit organization dependent on donations to help us rescue unwanted domestic rabbits and educate the public on rabbit care. We are a network of foster homes located in New England and New York.
3 BUNNIES ADOPTS TO INDOOR HOMES ONLY!!

Adoption donations: (to help with spay/neuter and other expenses)
$70 single
$120 pair
Online adoption application

The primary goals of 3 Bunnies are:

To rescue abandoned, unwanted, and abused rabbits without prejudice to age, gender, breed, type, or other issues; to provide foster care; to spay and neuter; to provide medical and rehabilitative care; to find permanent quality indoor homes for them;

To educate the public and assist humane societies, animal control officers, and other rescues, in teaching proper rabbit care to the public;

To reduce, primarily by public education, the number of rabbits abandoned at shelters and / or turned loose when no longer wanted.
3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue, Inc
P.O. Box 380605
East Hartford, CT 06138-0605
USA
info@3bunnies.org

Why Adopt A Bunny?

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For every pet you buy from a pet store or breeder, a pet in a shelter is euthanized.
"Don't breed or buy, while shelter pets die"

Why adopt a bunny? For every pet you buy from a pet store or breeder, a pet in a shelter is euthanized. Unfortunately, that is the simple math. There are only so many homes for bunnies. Shelters are overflowing with unwanted and discarded pets. There is only so much they can do without your help. Supporting pet stores and breeders only contributes to the problem. Sadly, even rescuing from a pet store simply encourages them to order more from a breeder.

If you're not yet ready to adopt, please consider fostering a bunny or perhaps a bonded pair - that also gives us the ability to rescue another bunny (or two) that desperately need our help!!

Adopting an adult animal means many things:
  • They have already gone through their hormonal changes
  • Their behavior is already known and more consistent than when they are growing babies
  • They have already been through a hard time and will likely be very appreciative of a second chance
  • There is a special reward you get from saving a bunny as opposed to just getting a cute novelty on a whim
  • Rabbits in shelters and rescues have usually been socialized by volunteers as part of the rehabilitative process
  • Adoptable bunnies are already spayed or neutered and so are far less inclined to certain health and behavioral problems
  • If you are a first-time bunny parent, you will be far happier adopting a socialized adult rabbit who already knows how to deal with humans and is much easier to make friends with
  • Shelter and rescue personnel know and care deeply about the animals - breeders and petstore employees typically don't and the animals you get from them may be more inclined to health problems. In some cases they may also have been subjected to mistreatment; rescue/shelter volunteers will work with you to help you pick the best pet for you and your lifestyle, with the rabbit's best interests in mind.
  • When you adopt an animal from a shelter, you are saving a life, and giving a previously unhappy soul a chance at happiness
  • When you adopt an animal from a shelter, you are creating the space for the shelter to rescue yet another animal that desperately needs proper care and shelter
  • There is no greater joy than ending a life of suffering...
    without ending a life
  • Many more reasons coming...

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Articles
HRC answers...

The House Rabbit Connection's article on why you should consider adopting a bunny.

Sweet Binks answers...

Sweet Binks offers some compelling reasons to adopt a bunny.

HRRN answers...

The House Rabbit Resource Network's arguments for adopting

Pet-Abuse answers...

Pet-Abuse.com dispels many of the myths associated with adopting animals from shelters.

Dispelling the Myths About Shelter Pets

A good article from Pet-Abuse.com addressing many of the myths about adopting animals



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