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An international nonprofit organization that rescues rabbits from animal shelters and
educates the public on rabbit care and behavior. More on our philosophy...


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First Time Visitor?
Start with House Rabbits 101, the House Rabbit Handbook or our FAQs, including litter-training, diet, housing, toys, and finding a good vet.

Join HRS Join Us!
Your donations support our national educational efforts such as the House Rabbit Journal, classes and handouts, as well as local rescue work through grants to our local chapters. Please give generously. Thank you!


Birthday Happy Birthday!
House Rabbit Society celebrates our 20th anniversary and 20,000th rabbit saved in 2008!
Fund Help Us Build Our Emergency Rescue Fund and Fill This Bunny!
House Rabbit Society's Emergency Rescue Fund was established in 2007 to allow us to help fund other organizations as well as HRS chapters who are struggling with large emergency rescues. All donations coming in that specify "Emergency Rescue Fund" go exclusively towards this fund; we use those funds to make small, targeted grants to animal rescue organizations who are involved in a large rescue of many rabbits. Funds have been used to purchase cages, litterboxes, food, hay and toys, as well as to fund spay/neuters and other veterinary care.

So far, we have spent $11,000.00, with $4,700 going out in the past 4 months alone. ( Find out which groups have benefited from the fund so far.) We need your help to bring this fund, and HRS's bank account, back into the black!

To make a DONATION to this fund, be sure to include Emergency Rescue Fund in the description field of the online donation form (donations via snail mail are also gratefully accepted). And stay tuned to watch the bunny fill up!
Shelters and Rescue Groups: To apply for a grant, please Click Here.



Vote for HRS in the Shelter Win Challenge!
The Animal Rescue Site is running a Shelter Challenge from 9/29 - 12/14, and is offering $100,000 in cash grants to winning shelters. Now you can help us by picking HRS. Participating is simple. Just go to go to The Animal Rescue Site, and enter "House Rabbit Society" and California. You can cast one vote every day. Eligible organizations with the most votes could receive $25,000, $10,000, or $1,000, all of which we can use. Voting begins on September 29th and ends at midnight on December 14th, 2008. The more friends you can rally to vote for HRS, the better our chances of winning.

New Rabbit Book: Each sale benefits HRS
The little book that makes a BIG difference, Bunnies in Boats, will touch your heart and more more than half of each book sale goes to support our programs at HRS--plus they plant a tree for each book sold! Click here to go to the website, read a page, and see what other bunny lovers are saying.



New Products on Cafe Press
Check out our new products and images on Cafe Press! Proceeds from every sale benefit HRS! Click here to view all the great items!



Rabbits in the News

  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has a new video narrated by Gillian Anderson which shows the slaughter of rabbits in China for fashion, including for the collections of Georgio Armani. Warning: the footage is EXTREMELY graphic.


    News and Events about HRS

  • Maryland/DC/NoVA HRS celebrates "HRS: 20 Years and Counting" on October 12
  • New York City HRS is holding their annual Rabbit Care Conference on October 19
  • New Jersey HRS is hosting their BunnyFest on October 25
  • Check out the new list of videos and CD's on the Drollery Press page!
  • House Rabbit Society is selling special HRS logo pendants to commemorate our 20th anniversary! If you are interested in buying a pendant ($19 with black cord and $22 with silver chain), please email laurie@rabbit.org
  • BRAND NEW! Rabbit EARS has unveiled a brand new line of organic, fair trade coffees with $1 of each bag benefiting rabbit rescue!
  • Visit us on Myspace, Bunspace, and Youtube!
  • Review HRS on Greatnonprofits.org and Yelp!


    Featured Articles
  • Pet Loss Support and Grief FAQ
  • Finding a Home for your Rabbit
  • Show me a bunny! Displays a random pet bunny picture submitted from our readers
  • Places with Good Bunny Karma! Companies and People that celebrate rabbits & HRS
  • Mail Order Resources Where to buy stuff for your rabbit
  • HRS Activist Corner
  • Resources for combating animal abuse
  • What's New at rabbit.org archive
  • Yahoo email newsletter archive

    Highlighted Services
    Memberships: Online membership signup & payment. Join today!
    Gift Store: Purchase HRS merchandise
    Checks: Support HRS with checks featuring your rabbit's photo enter CA1 E10 House Rabbit Society, under "bunny buddies" in the drop down menu
    Donate Your Vehicle!: Support HRS by donating your old car, boat, or plane!
    Postcards: Send a free rabbit postcard
    Chat: Try out our live Chat Room
    Pictures: View our collection of over 1,000 Bunny Photos
    Health Database: Download the new Rabbit Health Database Form and fill out your rabbit's health info
    Reading Room: Visit the Rabbit Reading Room for recommendations on books. In addition, access amazon.com through any of our links and 5% of the purchase price of anything you buy goes to HRS.


    Get Notified!
    Find out what's going on with HRS by subscribing to our e-newsletter!

    Raise Money for HRS while searching the Internet!
    You have two choices: Goodsearch and Google! Go to either www.goodsearch.com and enter House Rabbit Society as your designated charity. Or instead, use Google search to do your searching. Each time you search, you'll be helping the bunnies.

    Wild Bunnies May Not Need Your Help!
    Wild rabbits only nurse for a few minutes at night, and moms vanish the rest of the day. If you've disturbed a nest, put the babies back and restore the fur/grass covering; the mother will move them over the next 48 hours. More info...

    About HRS
    Founded in 1988, we are a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing abandoned rabbits and educating the public about rabbit care. We are headquartered in Richmond, California and have over 120 licensed educators and fosterers and 30 local chapters across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia. To date we have rescued and found adoptive homes for 20,000 rabbits. More Info

    Looking for Breeding Information?
    We believe domestic rabbits should live primarily indoors and be neutered or spayed. Overpopulation is big problem, and even breeding your rabbit a single time can have consequences. If you find yourself with an unexpected litter of rabbits, we do have some general information about newborn babies that may be of use.


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