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- From: "morning_sparrow" <http://profiles.yahoo.com/morning_sparrow>
- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:05:03 -0000
I just received the following email from one of my neighbors regarding
an urgent situation for some rescued rabbits in the Santa Cruz /
Watsonville area shelter system. It seems there has been a large influx
of rescued rabbits from a hoarding situation, followed by a large influx
of cats and dogs from a hoarding situation. There is not enough space
for all of them, so some rabbits -- rescued and in the shelter -- will
be euthanized by 11/11, Sunday, to make room for incoming cats and dogs.
The email below is passing on an urgent call for foster homes for the
rabbits. If you can help, the contact person is Heather Bechtel,
director of the Rabbit Haven. Her contact information, from the
forwarded email below, is 831 600-7479, http://www.therabbithaven.org/~Director.
Thank you,
Marilyn
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Forwarded email re: urgent situation for rabbits:
Can you help? Please contact Heather Bechtel (her number is at the
bottom)
Have you a temporary small space in your home and your heart to foster a
bunny or two temporarily??? we supply ALL items needed.
Subject: Urgent Rescue request- 20-28 or Rabbits to be euthanized by
11-11 Sunday, If we cannot get them out to rescue-foster or adoption.
HELP!!!
Dear Rabbit Haven Friends,
20-28 rabbits need your help ASAP please. Santa Cruz and Watsonville
shelter rabbits are now at risk of euthanasia by 11-11 This Sunday.
http://therabbithaven.org/LaSelvaRescue_110812.html
<http://therabbithaven.org/LaSelvaRescue_110812.html> .
I just received an intense phone call and a formal letter from
representatives of the Santa Cruz that alerted us that a huge hoarding
rescue is taking place today, right on the heels of the rabbit rescue
on 11-6 when we took in 20.
The shelter states that by the end of the day today, Thursday, 11-8,
approximately 60 dogs and cats will be incoming to the Santa Cruz
shelter system. These animals will displace the 20 rabbits that just
arrived 11-6 to the Santa Cruz shelter and rabbits that are at the
Watsonville shelter (8) as well. Total of 28 rabbits. The shelter has
notified us that they will need to begin euthanizing rabbits in 3-4
days. The shelter adds "Rescue should be for any rabbits we have. ...
We will be assessing our entire population for kennel stress,
adoptability, behavior, etc. and making euthanasia decisions based on
those criteria, so it wouldn't just be the new rabbits that were at
risk."
The shelter is very small there is no way they can absorb this large
number of dogs cats and rabbits (all at the same time). This puts all
of the newly rescued shelter rabbits and some of our long term
adoptable rabbits at the shelter in immediate danger. Their are many
beautiful rabbits. Lops, Rex, honey and black colors. We also have
Dutch, and Havana, gray, spotted and white bunnies. Small , medium
and large- Plus Watsonville has five large, beautiful, healthy lops
too. All at risk.
With your help right away we can save some of these rabbits, if not
all- I have pulled out two so far. I have two more females that are
spayed and a front room filled with adoptable, spayed/neutered rabbits.
Your verbal commitment is what we need right away. Lives may be spared
if we know the rabbit has a place to go.
Sadly, given the three back to back rescues in both Santa Cruz and San
, The Rabbit Haven is in temp. closed status right now as we are out
of space. This is the worse case scenario to be sure. We have very
little flexibility. At this point we can only add fosters, accept
adopters, and facilitate rescue.
Will you please call me right away to discuss the situation and let me
know if you are able to take in any one of the rabbits?
The shelter will literally have no place to put the incoming animals
unless the rabbits can be rescued. Please call me if you can rescue
today or tomorrow even one rabbit will help. We have four spayed
already- If you take a female or male I will send along a spay
certificate with them good at either Palo Alto or Four paws in Fremont
- Please help use save as many rabbits as possible right away.
I look forward to hearing from you. Even if it is no, maybe you have
an idea or a foster who can help. Post your volunteers if you will
please.
Please act today so we can help these rabbits. Leslie Andrews, the
shelter advocate at Santa Cruz County will also be in contact with
local area rescues this evening - She will help coordinate transport to
you.831 588-6676
I look forward to hearing from you.
Heather Bechtel
The Rabbit Haven
http://www.therabbithaven.org/~Director
831 600-7479
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