ABOUT US

The Mission of Bunny World Foundation (BWF) is to rescue neglected, abandoned domestic baby rabbits, to provide them with medical care, and to find permanent, loving homes for them.

We also wish to educate the public about the proper care of these intelligent, social, complex, loving and magical animals, to help reduce rabbit overpopulation and abandonment, and to eradicate the illegal sales of underaged baby rabbits, puppies, kittens, birds and turtles in Downtown Los Angeles' Santee Alley and other parts of Los Angeles before expanding our mission globally.

Since its inception from August, 2008, BWF has rescued over 1100 baby rabbits from Santee Alley Los Angeles Fashion District.

Bunny World Foundation is a NON-PROFIT 501 (c) 3, NO-KILL animal welfare organization based in Los Angeles, California.

NEWS

VIDEO From KABC Los Angeles - Rabbits suffer animal cruelty on black market

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's a crime that's committed every day in downtown Los Angeles: animal cruelty. Baby bunnies just a few days old are sold on street corners by illegal animal vendors. The bunnies are kept in filthy conditions. Many are sick or dying when they're sold. Police and animal activists trying to stop this practice.

VIDEO From UTB Hollywood - BWF Featured on UTB in Japanese!

The Sakamoto family is a normal family in L.A. The children are seen playing with two bunnies. These bunnies actually faced death before coming to this family a year ago. Thanks to one lady in particular who played an important role.

From Los Angeles Times - Illegal animal sales continue in L.A.'s Fashion District - April 6, 2010

Despite the efforts of the LAPD and the Business Improvement District to eradicate illegal animal vendors from downtown L.A.'s Fashion District, the practice of selling live animals on the street -- unweaned baby rabbits, turtles and birds, among others -- continues.

From Los Angeles Times - Officers on alert for animals being sold illegally in L.A.'s fashion district

It’s springtime and there’s a bumper crop of unweaned animals being sold illegally on the sidewalks of L.A.'s downtown fashion district.

From KTLA News - Rabbits, Turtles, Iguanas Rescued from L.A. Street Corner - March 18, 2010

LOS ANGELES -- Police have seized more than a hundred animals, including 35 miniature rabbits, 79 turtles, 1 parrot, and 6 iguanas, that were being sold illegally on a street corner in downtown Los Angeles.

From Hoolywood Patch - 'Luck Bunnies' Looking for Homes - January 25, 20011

Bunny World Foundation president Lejla Hadzimuratovic doesn’t give names to the bunnies she rescues, but it’s not because she doesn’t care about them—it’s often that there are just too many to name individually. Instead, she refers to them as "lucky bunnies".

From Hoolywood Patch - Rabbits Need Rescuing Too - December 30, 2010

You see them in pet stores—cute and fuzzy bunny rabbits hopping around scraps of lettuce and carrots. They're almost begging to be bought, right?

For Lejla Hadzimuratovic, founder and president of Hollywood-based nonprofit advocacy group Bunny World Foundation, getting a bunny from a pet store is just as bad as buying one from a breeder. Instead, people should adopt rabbits that need a home.

From LAist.com - Black Market Bunnies Rescued by "Bunny Lady" - August 21, 2010

Everyday, illegal vendors sell baby animals in the Fashion District, and many sicken and die soon after they're taken home. But some are rescued by Lejla Hadzimuratovic, founder of Bunny World Foundation, who is profiled today by abc7.

From Blogdowntown - City Looks to Target Animal Buyers in Effort to Stop Sales - November 23, 2010

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A new ordinance designed to give law enforcement another tool in the fight against illegal animal sales on Los Angeles streets took a step forward this week, but it remains to be seen if it will have any effect on a problem that numerous raids and frequent arrests have done little to impact.

ADOPT

If you are interested in adopting a bunny, we have a wealth of information to help you with this process.

CLICK HERE to find out more.

BUNNY CARE

Since domestic rabbits are not the product of natural selection, but rather of human interference by means of breeding programs, and the product is a human-dependent animal that needs protection, it is therefore a human responsibility that these animals be cared for in a manner appropriate to their needs. BWF wishes to establish rabbits as companion animals that should be afforded at least the same individual rights, level of care, and opportunity for longevity as commonly afforded to dogs and cats that live as human companions. BWF offers education and adoption for domestic baby rabbits and the humans who love them.

CLICK HERE for important bunny care instructions and tips.

HELP US

For the past THREE YEARS, BWF has been helping to put an end to the illegal sales of animals in Downtown Los Angeles' Fashion District. Since August 2008 we have taken in almost 1,050 un-weaned baby bunnies, provided them with medical care and found homes. This requires the hand-feeding and medicating of bunnies, altering them as they mature and housing them in the process.

Please help our special needs bunnies. CLICK HERE to find out more.