I just get so confused. Can everyone look up the shelter websites where they're at? I don't seen an overpopulation of domestic rabbits anywhere. Americans supposedly own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, compared to 5 million rabbits. Rabbits are quite low on the list of animals that show up in shelters, going by those numbers.
My city's humane society only has up for adoption dogs, cats, and two horses. No rabbits or small furballs, no aquarium animals, no reptiles, and no farm animals. The specialty rabbit rescue group of my state has only sixteen rabbits up for adoption as far as I know. Considering the Golden Retriever rescue has about that many dogs up for adoption right now, I'm going to call BS on the fact that rabbits are filling up the shelters. The specialty rabbit rescue group only has mutts up for adoption and what appear to be pet quality Netherland Dwarfs. There are no ear tattoos I can see.
I just really don't understand the squeaky wheel ARAs sudden obsession with rabbits. Maybe I just learned about it because I'm here, but I honestly do not get it. There is very much not really a problem? Except for one "breeder" who is selling out of rabbits (thank goodness) and that secretary from Hell, I have only met kind rabbit breeders who love their animals and have sold me healthy, well-balanced animals. It's a good, if sometimes catty, community. Even rabbit mutts get taken care of far better than most purebred dogs around here. I admit I almost made a call after seeing the squalid pit a few Mountain Cur puppies were in on Craigslist. It's one thing for a dog to accidentally get into the trash, it's another thing to take pictures of your litter in a pee-stained, plywood-and-dirt pen. -shakes self-
My city's humane society only has up for adoption dogs, cats, and two horses. No rabbits or small furballs, no aquarium animals, no reptiles, and no farm animals. The specialty rabbit rescue group of my state has only sixteen rabbits up for adoption as far as I know. Considering the Golden Retriever rescue has about that many dogs up for adoption right now, I'm going to call BS on the fact that rabbits are filling up the shelters. The specialty rabbit rescue group only has mutts up for adoption and what appear to be pet quality Netherland Dwarfs. There are no ear tattoos I can see.
I just really don't understand the squeaky wheel ARAs sudden obsession with rabbits. Maybe I just learned about it because I'm here, but I honestly do not get it. There is very much not really a problem? Except for one "breeder" who is selling out of rabbits (thank goodness) and that secretary from Hell, I have only met kind rabbit breeders who love their animals and have sold me healthy, well-balanced animals. It's a good, if sometimes catty, community. Even rabbit mutts get taken care of far better than most purebred dogs around here. I admit I almost made a call after seeing the squalid pit a few Mountain Cur puppies were in on Craigslist. It's one thing for a dog to accidentally get into the trash, it's another thing to take pictures of your litter in a pee-stained, plywood-and-dirt pen. -shakes self-