Take a walk down Santee Alley in the garment district of downtown Los Angeles, and you will see horrors of the seemingly innocent animal trade. UNWEANED baby bunnies are being sold as pets. These babies are only 10 - 14 days old, and they should stay with their mothers a minimum of 8 weeks! They can only survive on milk; yet they are fed a diet of lettuce and carrots, which gives them diarrhea and causes a slow and painful death.
Since 2008, Bunny World Foundation has been in the trenches fighting against this problem. Not only have they brought the attention of authorities to this illegal and cruel activity, but they also help rescue these bunnies so they are not sent to a certain death through LA Animal Control. Once rescued, BWF de-worms them, de-fleas them, gives them medicine, and weans them for two months until they are strong enough to live on hay, veggies and pellets. Since its inception, BWF has rescued over 1000 baby bunnies and found more than 650 homes.
Bunny World Foundation is a nonprofit 501c3 no-kill animal welfare organization. The mission of BWF is to rescue neglected and abandoned domestic baby rabbits, provide them with medical care, and find permanent homes for them. They also wish to educate the public about proper rabbit care, help reduce rabbit overpopulation and abandonment, and eradicate the illegal sales of underage baby bunnies in Santee Alley and other parts of Los Angeles.
If you live in California, you can help Bunny World Foundation achieve its mission by 1) not buying these animals, 2) writing to your state representative, 3) volunteering at BWF, and 4) adopting a healthy, grown rabbit from them. For information on currently adoptable rabbits, please visit their website or go to Petfinder.com.
That iz terribles to hurt those baby bunnehs
ReplyDeleteWhy would they do that to those poor little baby bunnies?!? I am so glad the Bunny World Foundation goes out and saves them from such cruelty!
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OHC - dat is so sad to hear bout what they do to baby bunnes. Bunn World Foundation sounds like a wonderful organization.
ReplyDeleteOh those poor bunnies! Thank you for sharing this information and helping spread the word about this practice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for shining light on this foundation. They do a wonderful job. Glad people like you are there to look after the bunnies in this world, sometimes I am too focused on cats and dogs!
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of such a thing! How absolutely heartless and cruel. I'm so glad to know that, while I'm learning of a new, torturous practice, it is also reported with a group to combat it. Now I have to know how BWF rescues these babies. On my way to their website to find out.
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I had no idea either. How awful. Thanks for bringing this -- and the wonderful foundation that's dealing with the problem -- to our attention.
ReplyDeleteWow... I had no idea that this sort of thing happened. It's just terrible to hear about - thank goodness that Bunny World Foundation exists and is fighting to help these poor bunnies.
ReplyDeleteLoved that you brought this organization to the forefront. Many people don't even think of bunnies when it comes to rescue. Great job!
ReplyDeletethat is horrible--i didn't know that bunnies were subjected to that.
ReplyDeletei just added Bunny World Foundation to our list of eligible charities on http://animalconscious.wordpress.com.
if anyone has a cute pet picture (a bunny pic would be most appropriate) we'd love to have someone competing for Bunny World.
That is just sick! Thank god for BWF!!
ReplyDeleteI think you can search for adoptable rabbits on Adoptapet.com, as well. Thanks for the info. Robby says hi to Bunny Jean
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dis iz just awful. gots to be stopped NOW.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this post and the rabbits certainly thank you.
ReplyDeleteaww!poor bunnies. this must be stopped.
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