WHO WE ARE:
For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue is a all volunteer organization based in South Jersey. For a variety of reasons domestic rabbits end up at the shelter. When the shelter is unable to place the rabbit in a home they are destroyed. For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue will rescue the pet from the shelter, and place him/her in a volunteers foster home. Our rescued rabbits receive medical care, are spayed or neutered, handled daily, become accustomed to household noises, socialized with our family members and cage litterbox trained, in preparation of being adopted into a forever home.
BUNNIES ONLY
FELINE FRIENDS ONLY
CANINE PALS ONLY
ADOPTION PROCESS:
We are dedicated to finding the perfect forever home for each of the rabbits in our rescue. This means that we have some requirements for adoption of the rabbits in our rescue, including indoor only homes year round, for all of our rabbits, and no housing on wire floors, plenty of out of cage time only adopting to homes local to the rescue. We have many reasons for requiring indoor homes for them, and will gladly discuss them with you, and we make no exceptions. We make a commitment to each animal we bring into our rescue to place them in a home that meets their specific needs. In order to assure this placement is the the best match for rabbit and potential adopters alike, we have an application and screening process, which includes vet reference checks and home checks, follow up checks, and a screening/processing period, which can be a few days or up to a week, if we have a difficult time with scheduling (due to foster home or potential adopter schedules). We understand that potential adopters are typically very anxious to adopt a rabbit that they would like to make part of their family, but there is a process to follow and we appreciate your cooperation during the process. We are all volunteers, all with full time jobs, family and other obligations, we make every attempt to respond to you within 24 hours, however, please be patient and understanding if it takes a little longer. (If you have a problem with the process, please feel free to volunteer your time, energy, heart, and finances with us to help change or improve it.) It is well worth the time it takes to complete the process!
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For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue has taken in;350 abandoned or unwanted rabbits - Since we started in April 2004. Check out our newest addition Tia ,Elizabeth, Tamara, Beatrix,Jessie, Buddy Bear, Rudy,Manny, Moe, Ally, Jack. Connor, & Cutie bunny!
. For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue has found forever homes for 313 rabbits - Our most recent adoptions were: Moe, Connor, Jack, Rudy, Auggie, Cutie, Buddy Bear, Apollo,and Binx.
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We would like to send a BUNiful THANK YOU to all our foster moms and dads - without your temporary homes we would not have been able to save so many rabbits - and to our volunteers who do events, transports, home meets, and a whole list of other things that support our cause.
We would also like to thank Petsmart, and Petco who allow us to hold our events and promote our rescue and Petsmart charities who make generous donations through their fundraising which helps us so much. Murray Honig, Esq. Honig & Greenberg, LLC. Voorhees, NJ, for helping us so much with obtaining our 501 status. Finally our rabbit vetenarian and support staff, who have given so much of their time, expertise, care and concern, Dr. Lori Duggan, of Dr. ;Lori Duggan Mobile Veterinary Service 856-357-2240, & our web guy, who put together and manages our Forbunnysakerabbitrescue.org site. We love you all, and thank you so much for ALL that you do for our rescued guys and gals. Without all the support we receive from you, & our adopters there would be no rescue.
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR BUNNIES THAT NEED FOREVER HOMES
WHY ADOPT A RESCUE RABBIT?
Rabbits are reported to be the third most commonly found animal at animal shelters, right after dogs and cats. As we all know, shelters have limited space, some don't have the resources to care for the rabbit, and that is where rescues come in to place. When you adopt a rabbit through a rescue or shelter, you are saving a life. Rescues can tell you so much about the rabbit's personality, eating habits, health, and housing preferences, which assures a good match between you and the rabbit. Our rabbits are spayed/neutered prior to adoption and cage litterbox trained. When you purchase from a petstore, you are not given any of the valuable, correct information, nor are the buns spayed/neutered or litterbox trained. Plus rescues offer you support and guidance, try getting that from a petstore! So please consider adopting through a rescue rather than purchasing. You will be armed with much more helpful information about your new family member and you will be saving a life.
ADOPTING A FRIEND:
All potential adopters must complete a application. We require a $50.00 adoption donation, for singles, and 75.00 for bonded pairs, to help de-fray the spaying/neutering of each rabbit in our rescue, along with various medical care some of the buns require when entering the rescue. Once approved, an appointment to meet your potential new family member is arranged, and a home check may be required. All buns are to remain inside the family home, as companion pets, not be housed outside, and not be housed on anything that would hurt their feet, ie, wire floor. As part of your adoption contract, they also require out of crate play time on a daily basis. All rabbits are altered prior to adoption.
All rabbits adopted from For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue must be altered at an age appropriate time, approximately 5-6 months. We do accept applications for the babies prior to this time of availability and applications are processed in the order they are received. Potential adopters must realize that there are risks involved with surgery, including death, and must understand that these risks do not outweigh the benefit of the altering.
Or, If you shop on line, check out the i.give.com website, select ForBunnySake as the charity you would like to donate towards and a percentage of your shopping total will be donated to us in your name at no additional cost to you. You can join by following this link:
http://www.iGive.com/FBS . Or from their home page, keyword search "forbunnysake".
and you can help by shopping thru Give FOR BUNNY SAKE MERCHANDISE: Want to promote our rescue by wearing and using items with our logo? You can purchase item such as clothing, mousepads, mugs, tote bags and bumper stickers! There are items for our supporters, volunteers, and adopters. For Bunny Sake earns a portion of each sale from our shop. Hop on over and check it out!
Come visit our store on CafePress!
CONSIDERING GIVING UP YOUR RABBIT?
Sometimes owners feel they must find a new home for their pets because they do not have time to give bunny enough attention. Please remember that a pet is a lifetime commitment. If you feel your rabbit does not get enough attention, consider getting your bunny another bun for a friend. Caring for two buns is just as easy as one, and they will be happy together. Please be sure one or both buns have been altered prior to meeting. And because buns are territorial, you should look into introduction and bonding of buns before bringing the new one home. Sometimes it isn't as simple as putting the two buns together, there might be objection from one or both - and fighting can occur - which can cause serious harm. Rabbits can be very territorial, and it is best to introduce new rabbits in a neutral place.
Perhaps you sadly must find a new home for a behavioral reason such as not using his litter box, spraying urine, chewing, or maybe even aggressive behavior that your bunny is exhibiting. First rule out medical reasons for the behavior. Behavior of buns can be helped by altering, understanding your buns needs, some training and a little patience.
Or maybe the novelty of that Easter bunny has worn off. Rabbits should never be purchased for Easter gifts - or any animals for that matter - as the commitment to an animal is a lifetime commitment which should not be entered into lightly. Holidays are the worst times to introduce new animals to a home - because this is when people are the busiest and the house may be even more active than usual. It is better to wait until after the holiday seasons, when your life is at a normal pace to bring a new pet home.
Whatever the reason, we do hope you do the right thing, such as working with your bunny, taking your bunny to a shelter/rescue which is experienced in rabbits, or placing ads for a new home (never place a bunny for free, as many go to snake food, research, greyhound training, or backyard breeding). DO NOT just let your bunny go! That is the worst thing you could do!
SURRENDERS: At this time - we do not have any foster space available to accept surrenders. Please do the right thing for your rabbit and follow the suggestions above for re-homing your rabbit. Contact us if you need help and we can offer you suggestions. If space allows we will take owner surrenders, but we require that the rabbit(s) be surrendered with all of their supplies, food, cage and a $65 surrender fee, all medical records and a signed surrender agreement from you. Please do not wait until the last minute, you will need to be placed on a wait list, it may take months before we can take in your surrender. Please contact us for details.
Our rabbits are all housed in foster homes - so please e-mail us to set up an appointment to meet us!
We would like to thank our volunteers. You guys are the greatest for helping us and sharing our mission.
For Bunny Sake Rabbit Rescue
Email: Forbunnysake@aol.com
Thank you for visiting with us, hope to hear from you soon! - Yvonne & Wendy.
Click here for a list of pets in our rescue's foster homes!
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