January 30th, 2012
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Last Wednesday, we got a couple phone calls. We were contacted by two local Humane Societies about a group of rabbits that were left without care for two weeks after the owner was murdered in a drug-related shooting in his home. After contacting Humane Societies and the local police, we decided to meet the mother of the deceased at the property. As we walked down the road, across a ditch, and bent under the police tape to squeeze through a small opening in the fence we were hit with the smell of neglect. Inside a small shed were two rows of wire cages hanging over totes completely filled with waste. The rabbits threw themselves at their doors in hope of being fed. Not one rabbit had food. It was surprising that they still had some water. One rabbit, who appeared dead at first, tried to move with muffled screams. Janetta, a Humane Society volunteer who met us there, took this rabbit and rushed her to the vet to be humanely euthanized. When I went to open doors, I actually had to push the rabbits back so they wouldn't fall out with the door. We quickly tried to pack rabbits into carriers. We wanted to get those rabbits OUT. Once all rabbits were packed up, we were headed back to the shelter. It took almost three hours to thoroughly assess each rabbit and give them ID numbers. This was the easy part. The big problem was that we had no room to be taking in more rabbits and we still don't. To add to it, Saturday night, one of the females gave birth to a litter of eleven. Phew! We have had a handful of kind individuals offer help. Things are slowly falling into place but the struggle is far from over. Yesterday, we received an urgent call about five adolescent rabbits needing to be placed. We are trying to find fosters for them as well as the rabbits we rescued on Thursday as our shelter has run out of space. |
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