Resources for Animal Shelters

Are you working with a shelter, an independent rabbit rescue group, or perhaps just found a rabbit running loose in your neighborhood? Here are some resources for you.

Rescuers with philosophies aligned with ours may print and redistribute any of our education materials. The ones below will be of particular interest. All we ask is that you do not modify the documents. If you wish to provide documents online at your website, please link to our files, don’t copy them to your own website. Shelters can feel free to add their own names and logos to our documents, but crediting us is nice as well!

Active Rabbit Emergencies

• Active Rescues in the US and Canada

HRS Emergency Rescue Fund

• Emergency Rescue Grant Application
• List of Grant Recipients

The “How to’s” of Rescue

• FAQ: Rescuing A Stray Rabbit
• FAQ: Orphaned Baby Rabbits
• Transporting rabbits as part of a rescue operation
• Finding a home for an unwanted or rescued rabbit
• Large-Scale Rescues
• Responding to Confiscations
• “Community” Rabbits

Abuse and Neglect

• What to do if you encounter an abused or neglected rabbit

Rescuers’ Experiences and Tips

• Working With Pet Stores to Promote Rabbit Adoptions
•  Stray Rabbits
•  Saying Goodbye Every Day
•  A Fosterer’s Story: Thumper and Me
• Run Away: A comment on rescue work
• Promoting Rabbits on Petfinder and Social Media

Options for Transporting Rabbits

• Bunderground Railroad
• Pilots N Paws
• Transporting Rabbits as part of a rescue operation
• Transport Checklist for Drivers
• Transport Checklist for Rescue Organizers

Free Educational Materials To Use

Adoption Forms

• Adoption Policies
• Adoption Agreement
• Adoption Packet
• One Page Home Care Handout
• Adoption Questionnaire
• Shelter Pdfs Spanish
• Shelter Pdfs English

Shelter Forms and Manuals

• Sample Intake Questions for Owner Surrenders
• Emergency Health Check Form
• Rabbit ID Form
• How To Write a Cage Card
• Personality Cage Card
• Rabbit Cage Card
• Rabbit Cage Card (Italian; to use as a model)
• Flower Rabbits: A Tool for Assessment
• Assessing the Behavior of Shelter Rabbits
• Medical Card
• Intake Health Check Form
• Intake Health Check Form (with medical information; for single rabbits or large confiscations)
• Grooming Form
• Foster Home Contract
• Foster Home Questionnaire
• Shelter Volunteer Training Manual
• Living with a House Rabbit Brochure

Posters and Flyers

More Resources for Shelters

• Animal Sheltering magazine article “Bunny Days Ahead”
• Shelter Set Up Photos
• Caring for Rabbits in the Animal Shelter