Sunday 24 August 2008 at 12:10 pm
Peninsula Humane Society has a number of rabbits who were running loose in South San Francisco. 15 of them were brought to the shelter two weeks ago, another 7 came in last week, and Donna Jensen of Burrow Inn just caught five more and will be fostering some, as will Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary. They are euthanizing rabbits from the first batch and could really use some adoptive or foster homes. As Donna says, having these rabbits being rounded up to be euthanized doesn't seeem right. If you can help, please contact Donna at waltbda@aol.com.
Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 09:49 am
Yes, it's for Microsoft Operating system. But how many software commercials mention the House Rabbit Society?? And it also stars Amy Sedaris and her bunnies! Very cute and funny and highly recommended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vC9taroEsI
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Monday 21 January 2008 at 10:26 am
The Rabbit of the Month Hall of Fame is back up! If you're looking for the perfect bunny, or just like reading about bunnies, take a look--the link can be found at the top of the Richmond Rabbit Center's Rabbit of the Month page. Then click on any picture to go to the full story. Lots of these guys are still looking for homes, so you might just find the bunny of your dreams.
Friday 04 January 2008 at 3:44 pm
Attention everyone who adopted a rabbit from House Rabbit Society! We need your photos and videos.
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Monday 31 December 2007 at 9:02 pm
But soft! What light through yonder habitat breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun … or maybe a shooting star. Yes, my Juliet’s definitely more of a shooting star. She doesn’t stay still long enough to be the sun. Shooting stars really are kind of like bunnies, binkying through the sky.
But what I want to know is, why hasn’t anyone adopted us? It’s a year ago this month that we were bunnies of the month, back when we were goofy teenagers. And now we’re grown up—but still a little goofy—and still no one has stepped up to take us home. Why is that? We don’t make a mess of our pen like Brownie and Honda. We don’t hide in our box like Flopsy and Mopsy. Even when they brought those busloads of teenagers through the Rabbit Center and they
all wanted to pet us, we were nice. (Well, Juliet got a little impatient after a while, but she got over it.)
And I won’t say anything about myself, but Juliet is
superbeautiful. Really, those rakish ears—how can you resist? And black is such a stylish color—it goes with anything. So it’s time for someone to take the plunge and bring us home. All we ask is to take our raspberry treats with us.
Monday 22 October 2007 at 8:10 pm
Blueberry & Rodney went home last week with their longtime bunny buddies, Ken and Alda. Ken and Alda have been coming in almost every week since March to spend time with their buddies, bringing them toys and treats and just making them feel loved. In the end, they moved to a new apartment where they could have pets just so they could adopt Blueberry and Rodney. These are two lucky buns!
Friday 05 October 2007 at 10:22 am
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Friday 17 August 2007 at 11:14 am
He looks surprised, doesn’t he? It isn’t often we know the exact birthday of a bunny, but we do happen to know that Bruno was born August 17, 2006. That’s when he and his six siblings were found in the back of a pickup truck. The owner of the truck thought they were newborn pit bulls (!) and took them to the local shelter, where Marisa recognized them as bunnies and rescued them. Maya, a nursing mother rabbit from San Jose Shelter, generously agreed to raise the orphans as her own.
Despite his early resemblance to a pit bull, Bruno is quiet and well-mannered. He likes cilantro, dried papaya, banana slices, and hay. He has excellent litterbox habits. And he has yet to attack anyone. He is hoping his stay at the Rabbit Center will help him find the perfect home, where he hopes to be spoiled and fussed over.
For his birthday, Bruno has asked for a Michael Vick chew toy.
Monday 13 August 2007 at 4:06 pm
Hi! We're Sunflower and Sabrina, mom & daughter, and looking for a safe haven to call our home! All of Sabrina's siblings have been adopted, but the two of us share a special bond and have stayed together. We watch out for each other and love to snuggle side-by-side. We are still a bit shy around people, but that doesn't mean we don't like to play!
Currently, their foster home can only keep them short-term and so we need to find a new foster home or permanent home ASAP. Please help!
If you are interested in these two wonderful and mellow rabbits please contact Jennifer, at (650)255-6764 or via e-mail at jennifer@ rabbit.org.
Monday 13 August 2007 at 1:32 pm
Brownie and Honda have retired from the Rabbit Center and are settling in at Harvest Home (that luxurious bunny retirement home out in Tracy). They left without waiting for us to organize a retirement party (I guess they didn't want that gold watch!) but we do want to wish them all the best, and hope they'll be very happy in the herd!
Thursday 28 June 2007 at 9:53 pm
On Friday night, I was put in touch with a woman who had done some rabbit rescues for us in the past. Her mother had heard about Peaches plight and had her call me to find out what was going on. When I told her, she said that Peaches will have a home with her then and we made arrangements on how the exchange would happen. Since she would only be able to pick up Peaches on Monday, I decided to pack up Peaches that night and bring her to my house for the weekend. Peaches will be picked up and transported to her new home tomorrow evening. Congratulations Peaches!
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Wednesday 13 June 2007 at 08:36 am
Hi All! Winston found a temporary home but still needs to find a permanent home. If you know of anyone who is interested in this handsome Rex, please have them give me a call at (650)255-6764 or e-mail me at jennifer@rabbit.org.
Thanks!
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Wednesday 13 June 2007 at 12:12 am
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! We found a home. Right now we're on our first leg of our journey and are staying temporarily at another person's house until our new mommy can get us in the begining of July. Shirley went to get spayed today, so Laverne spent the night on her own in the new house. The picture below is of us out of the shelter and relaxing in this new and awesome place.:) We will let you know what happens with the next leg of our journey. Thank you everyone for helping us find a new home!
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Wednesday 04 April 2007 at 1:11 pm
Fred, our toothless big white bunny, passed away last week. He was diagnosed with liver lobe torsion last Tuesday and rushed to VCA for surgery. Two of Marinell’s big white bunnies came to donate blood, but Fred died as Dr. Harvey was preparing for the difficult surgery.
I never got to know Fred well—he always impressed me as a quiet gentleman—but I was struck by how many friends he had made at the shelter. In the email responses to news of his death, several people commented that they had hoped to adopt Fred. Karen C. talked about her hopes of having another “big bun with no teeth” to sleep under her bed. Karen J. had wanted to enlist him as a companion to her bunnies. Chris recalled receiving moral support from Fred as he took on new responsibilities at the shelter. In his short life, Fred touched a lot of people.
Terry describes meeting him at the Martinez shelter: “He was an adolescent then and he was sleeping spoon-style with a little girl bun. The little girl bun looked so peaceful and serene stretched out with her back against his chest. It was as if Fred were her adopted mom. With his bottom incisors grown up to his nose and fur packed between his teeth (he had fur mites and did his best to groom himself), Fred was scheduled to be euthanized the next day.” Fred was brought into the Richmond shelter, and HRS mounted the Tooth Fairy campaign to raise money to get his misaligned front teeth pulled.
In spite of his perpetually orange nose (from all those grated carrots), Fred was a dignified bunny. His foster dad gave him the name Captain Fred, “to give him position and dignity.” Terry sums it up: “Fred was sweet and gentle and above all dignified. It is good to know that he was thought highly of and well-loved, and didn't die unwanted and neglected at the Martinez shelter.” Rest in peace, Captain Fred.
Monday 26 March 2007 at 09:51 am
Valentino's been waiting a long time (three years!) but it was worth it--yesterday he went off to his new home, accompanied by his true love, the beautiful and sweet Claire (at left). After living almost next door to each other for months, they finally met and it was love at first sight. We'll miss them both but wish them all the best.
Thursday 08 March 2007 at 11:18 pm
Kudos to an alert Rabbit Center person for noticing that "Freddie" was off his food.
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Thursday 08 March 2007 at 11:17 am
Check it out: http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/watch/12643
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Thursday 01 March 2007 at 11:07 am
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Tuesday 27 February 2007 at 2:06 pm
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Thursday 22 February 2007 at 11:25 am
RESCUED!
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to share some good news. Sharon Hom, our fellow volunteer who rescued and put up at her house some 20+ bunnies from the Peninsula Humane Society, just picked up our wounded little white new zealand today. She will be taking him in the interim until we can figure out a way to get him up to Seattle where a volunteer up there has kindly opened up her home to him. He will be seeing my vet today in San Mateo, get some R & R with Sharon and hopefully be neutered soon, all before he goes to his new home.
Thank you so much to Sharon for saving this bunny's life and thank you to Donna for finding a permanent home for this little guy and thank you to Michaela Schmidit, who found us on this blog, for offering your home to this little guy. I really do appreciate it.
Jennifer
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