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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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Easter And Bunnies Don't Mix

In My Cage
by Mary Brandolino
In memory of all the bunnies we couldn't save.
I remember Easter Sunday
It was colorful and fun
The new life that I'd begun
In my new cage.

I was just a little thing
When they brought me from the store
And they put me on the floor
In my cage.

They would take me out to play
Love and pet me all the time
Then at day's end I would climb
In my cage.

But as days and weeks went by
I saw less of them it seemed
Of their loving touch I dreamed
In my cage.

In the night outside their house
I felt sad and so neglected
Often scared and unprotected
In my cage.

In the dry or rainy weather
Sometimes hotter sometimes colder
I just sat there growing older
In my cage.

The cat and dog raced by me
Playing with each other only
While I sat there feeling lonely
In my cage.

Upon the fresh green grass
Children skipped and laughed all day
I could only watch them play
From my cage.

They used to take me out
And let me scamper in the sun
I no longer get to run
In my cage.

Once a cute and cuddly bunny
Like a little ball of cotton
Now I'm grown up and forgotten
In my cage.

I don't know what went wrong
At the home I did inhabit
I just grew to be a rabbit
In my cage.

But they've brought me to the pound
I was once loved and enjoyed
Now I wait to be destroyed
In my cage.


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About Us
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

Easter & Appeal to the Clergy

The Easter Bunny   Make Mine Chocolate   Articles  

Easter is a very sad time of year for bunnies and bunny lovers.
Although bunnies are celebrated as part of Easter, the sad reality is that most people don't know what they're getting into when they give or get a pet rabbit on a whim, and shortly after the novelty wears off and they are left caring for an animal they didn't really want.

Letters to the editor about Easter and bunnies that have been previously published can be found here and here, and some sample letters you may want to use to write your own letter can be found here and here. You are also more than welcome to use our own open letter to Clergy as a template if you want to approach the clergy on this matter.

The end result of almost all Easter rabbits is usually one of:
  • The rabbit dies within weeks, from unintentional neglect or cruelty, due to mishandling, improper diet, unrecognized illness, etc
  • The rabbit is kept in an outdoor hutch and forgotten about, and lives a substantially shortened life from lack of care and love (see housing)
  • The rabbit is kept caged indoors with no opportunity for exercise, and lives a shortened life from atrophy and general distress (see health and playtime)
  • The rabbit is set loose outside (this is a death sentence - the average life expectancy for a domestic rabbit released in the wild is three days, and it dies a horrible death from predators or thoughtless humans)
  • The rabbit is brought to a shelter, where chances are good it will be euthanized if no one adopts it quickly
  • The rabbit is killed by its owner because it is an inconvenience (see the alerts page for some examples of this)
  • The rabbit dies before its first birthday, usually due to ignorance or improper care
In the months that follow Easter, rabbit rescue groups deal with one emergency after another, and a great many rabbits lose their lives because of the ignorance and thoughtlessness of humans.

This poem eloquently illustrates the life of many rabbits from their point of view. This story is another eloquent example of what many bunnies endure.

Shelters and rescue groups have tried to educate the public about this plight. Pet stores have tried to educate the public, and indeed some halt sales of rabbits prior to Easter. Individuals distribute flyers and try to pass the word. Unfortunately, sometimes a bunny's cute and cuddly-looking face turns well-educated people into blithering idiots, and then the reality of caring for a bunny turns them into cruel and heartless people.

We propose turning to the clergy. Priests, ministers, preachers, anyone who addresses the masses that celebrate Easter - these are the people who can effect a change. They can lead their congregations in a celebration that doesn't have such unfortunate long-range results. Please consider talking to your clergy, or sending a letter like this to any clergy members you may know.

Some alternatives to getting a real bunny on a whim for Easter:
  • Give a chocolate bunny instead!!
  • Give a stuffed plush toy!!
  • Sponsor a rabbit in a shelter or rescue
  • Foster a rabbit to find out if they're the right pet for you
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Articles
Bunnies at Easter: A Sad Story

The House Rabbit Society's article on why you shouldn't give bunnies for Easter

Easter Bunnies in Exile

VetCentric's article on why you shouldn't give bunnies for Easter

Easter Gifts Result In Summertime Orphans

The House Rabbit Society's press release on the plight of Easter bunnies

HSUS Discourages Impulse Purchases of Live Animals for Easter Gifts

The Humane Society's article on the plight of Easter bunnies

Bunny Fever: Don't Catch It!

PETA's article for parents considering getting a bunny for their children for Easter

Flyers for Easter and Bunnies Don't Mix

The House Rabbit Society's page of flyers you can distribute about the plight of Easter bunnies

The Perfect Easter Bunny (pdf)

The Minnesota House Rabbit Society's flyer on Easter and bunnies

Easter's A Killer For Us (pdf)

Bunny Bunch's flyer on Easter and bunnies

Make Mine Chocolate!

The Columbus House Rabbit Society's campaign to give chocolate bunnies for Easter

© David L. Fisher


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