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• Educating people about keeping rabbits as house pets
• Placing rescued rabbits in foster homes
• Facilitating rabbit adoptions

We are also a network of house-rabbit enthusiasts who help each other with information, support, and fellowship.

We advocate:

• Responsible rabbit ownership. Rabbits are intelligent, social animals who require mental stimulation, exercise, and social interaction.
• Keeping rabbits indoors like other companion animals.
• Spaying and neutering rabbits because of the benefits to their health, as well as to curb overpopulation and the needless suffering and deaths that result.

We find rabbits to be rewarding, companionable pets. We want others to share the joys and skip some of the common pitfalls of sharing life with a house rabbit.

• HRRN assists potential adopters with their decision through educational materials.
• HRRN provides support and information after adoptions through group activities, a newsletter, and phone calls.
• HRRN rabbits are socialized with people and often with other rabbits or other animals.
• HRRN rabbits are usually litterbox trained or have been introduced to the concept.
• Foster volunteers will have had the opportunity to observe the rabbit for potential health problems.
• You will know the sex and breed of your rabbit. Pet stores and other sources frequently fail to determine the correct sex, especially for young bunnies. They also commonly market bunnies as being of popular breeds when they are not. Many purchasers of "dwarf" rabbits see their tiny ball of fluff mature into a pet that outweighs their cat.
• Mature rabbits will already have been neutered or spayed.
• Their foster volunteers can tell you about a rabbit's personality, likes or dislikes, and help facilitate the best possible match of you and your new pet.
• They can recommend veterinarians experienced in treating rabbits.
• Adopting from them will help continue rescue, foster, and educational programs.

Before you adopt a rabbit through HRRN, you get information to help you make an informed decision about acquiring a rabbit as a house pet. The adoption screener asks for information from you to ensure every adopted rabbit goes to a good home. Here are some of the guidelines:

• Rabbits are adopted to indoor homes.
• An adult must be the primary caretaker.
• The adopter should demonstrate awareness of responsible pet care.
• Adoptions to homes with young children are discouraged unless a parent is strongly committed to teaching the child respect and responsible behavior toward the rabbit.
• Adoptions for classroom pets are discouraged.
• If the adopted rabbit is a juvenile, adopters agree never to breed the rabbit and to have it spayed or neutered when mature.

HRRN charges a fee to help cover medical and care expenses and to discourage people who want a rabbit for reasons other than companionship.

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