Bunnies pulled from hoarding situation. They need people to foster, transport or adopt bunnies ASAP.

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I need fosters, adopters and help in transporting if any go out of state. We are working hastily to spay the females, to avoid future babies We are charging a fee of $30 per rabbit, to avoid the cruelties that are seen (dog food, snake food, dog fighting, cock fighting, torture and people food.)

Kids, 7 years old or older are ok, younger than that and we have to screen, as rabbits are fragile.

If you can help please contact Suzi Hibbard: 707-330-9907

Some background information:

Emergency Assistance Needed in Contra Costa County

A major rabbit rescue is currently underway in Contra Costa County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Over 100 rabbits (and growing) need your help.

A bay area rabbit rescue group member, Michelle, came across a situation at a neighborhood garage sale that stopped her in her tracks. The family selling baby bunnies out of their garage let her in their backyard to discover what we all dread and makes our hearts sink.

There in a jam packed side yard, over 100 rabbits living in extremely poor conditions and tunneling in the ground, breeding uncontrolled and living with mites, fleas and probably other medical conditions. Some babies have bloody ears and all are in need of urgent medical attention. All must be removed and the females spayed before 100+ turns into 300! One litter was born last night and we are certain there are more to come. There are already many litters.

These poor rabbits had next to nothing. Of course, this quickly became a top priority for us. Now food, hay and water has been provided for these starving rabbits. Much more will be needed to manage this large group. This rescue is at least confined to a relatively accessible area. However, many pregnant females are in this group and we are racing against the clock to get them spayed or they will have many litters which will overwhelm our areas ability to house the group.

A Triage center has been set up – but additional space is needed. The rescue needs pens or crates to facilitate getting animals moved to safety. Several Triage centers will need to be set up, for all rabbits to receive medical treatment and care.

Following medical care and receiving a clean bill of health and surgery for spay/neuter, these rabbits will be adopted into loving indoor homes, to become companions to families.

The Rabbit Haven in Santa Cruz and Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in the Central Valley have offered rescue assistance to the East Bay Rabbit rescue. We will be facilitating and gathering supplies and publicizing to gather needed foster homes and permanent homes.

The Rabbit Haven has a Pay Pal account for this rescue. Please donate ASAP! Please also note that you are donating for the East Bay Rabbit Rescue Martinez. We need to move very quickly especially to provide medical support.

There is a ray of hope! House Rabbit Society has just given us a $1,000 emergency grant! That will really help with the immediate costs while donations come in. Save a Bunny has offered cages and supplies! RabbitEars/Bunnies without Borders is offering space for adoptable rabbits and triage.

It may seem overwhelming, it is a bit, however, it is possible to carry out this rescue – We just need your support. These rabbits need you. Please help if you can. We have a few places to set up crates but we need as many as we can get our hands on – also x pens. Have a space for a few pens, let us know please. 100 and counting rabbits is more easily managed with many rabbit housing sites.

This rescue needs the basic supply to save these rabbits:

• Food for the rabbits! Hay and pelleted food. Veggies.
• Carriers of all kinds, litter lots of litter and litter boxes.
• Cages, water bottles, food dishes, bedding, hay, pens, crates, litter boxes, litter, crock food water bowls.
• Foster people willing to open their homes to help house babies and adults.
• Help at the site with sexing, medicating and triage of the sick rabbits.
• Medical care & transport is essential.
• Transport people to take the rabbits to vet appts and moving them to foster or to other rescues.
• Spay neuter assistance. (Sponsor a spay)
• The rescue team needs more people to help out in the care of these rabbits. The physical management of this number of rabbits is possible with help of many volunteers.
• Medical support off site and medications will be needed.
• Last but not least, the rabbits will have many needs during and post rescue.

Donations can be made through The Rabbit Haven by check or via our PayPal account or to Harvest Home sent to Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, 14741 Wing Levee Road, Stockton, CA 95206. Please indicate on your check or PayPal submission that the donation is for the Martinez rabbits . Additionally, House Rabbit headquarters in Richmond, Ca, is excepting donations and supplies for the rescue. Just indicate “Martinez Rabbits” on your donation.

You will receive a Tax donation letter for your charitable contribution. Donations will be used for housing supplies, medication, and vet bills. A rescue of this size can easily run $5,000-$10,000! Please send whatever you can – it all will help these rabbits.

Please contact us for further information.

Thank you for your support,

Suzi Hibbard
Volunteer ”Rabbit Lady” at Contra Costa Animal Services Department
Bunnies without Borders
Rabbit-Lady@hotmail.com
707-330-9907

Heather Bechtel
Rabbit Haven
Director@therabbithaven.org

Karen Courtemanche
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary
KLCourt@aol.com