🎈BWF MADE THE CUT and earned the "little" badge as TOP-RATED NON-PROFIT!

🎂 BWF is proud to celebrate the 16-year voyage, which began with the fierce struggle to bring to light illegal animal sales in the LA Fashion District (2008-2013). BWF rescued close to 20,000 rabbits in the City of LA, ranging from un-weaned baby bunnies from Santee Alley to adult bunnies from the over-inundated city and county shelters. In the past year alone, BWF took in over 1500 rabbits, including "Red," "Blue," and "Orange" alert rabbits from the six LA city shelters, and Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA). BWF has also partnered with Pasadena Humane Society, Ramona Humane Society, Inland Valley Humane Society, Animal Services Center - City of Mission Viejo Animal Control, Orange County Animal Care, San Diego County, and many more. In 2023, BWF housed, provided medical care, promoted, found permanent and loving homes for more than 1500 spayed and neutered rabbits, and staged 60 adoption events and workshops.

💗 BWF is an ALL-Volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)3 animal welfare organization founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Set up to promote (Shelter) Equity and Equality for Rabbits, BWF's mission is to combat animal cruelty, illegal animal sales, exploitation, and neglect of all animals through rescue efforts, public education, investigations, legislation, events, and media attention. In addition, BWF works to reduce rabbit overpopulation and establish rabbits as companion animals that deserve the same individual rights, level of care, and opportunity for longevity as cats and dogs that live as human companions. BWF manages a complex Foster & Adoption Program that requires constant strengthening and expansion to accommodate new rescues and provide intensive care, medication, supplies, and Spay/Neuter funds. BWF has 150 volunteers/fosters and rescues approximately 1,000-1500 abandoned and abused domestic rabbits annually.

📡 Regarding global social media outreach, BWF grew to be one of the world's largest rabbit rescues & leading education sources. With 400,000+ SM followers, BWF posts are shared by millions of bunny lovers worldwide.

🌹 BWF track record of effectiveness has led to meaningful victories for animals in city legislatures. BWF received recognition by The County of LA, The California State Assembly and The City of Santa Clarita. CBS featured BWF as one of the FIVE "Best Volunteer Opportunities for Animal Lovers in Los Angeles."

📺 BWF was featured multiple times in LA Times, Huffington Post, LA Business Journal, KABC, CBS, KTLA, FOX, and NBC Los Angeles & New York. BWF appeared on Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish TV Channels, Access Hollywood 🎥, and in multiple publications, i.e.. Los Angeles Daily News, The Press-Enterprise, Orange County Register, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Pasadena Star News, Whittier Daily News, Redland Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, San Bernardino Sun, and Torrance Daily Breeze. Santee Alley 🎞 Baby Bunnies *WON* the Genesis Award at the Humane Society of the United States and the Emmy Award at the 65th LA Area Emmy Awards. 📽

Thank you for your ongoing support!
~BWF Volunteers🐰

Please help Ritchie!

 💔😔"Ritchie" (INFESTED WITH MAGGOTS CRAWLING FROM HIS MOUTH & RECTUM) was SCHEDULED TO BE KILLED TODAY at East Valley Shelter (LAAS), BUT we begged for an extension! We cannot help pull him out UNLESS a foster (experienced in special needs rabbits) comes forward and we get donations for his vet treatment. If you cannot help with either, please share this post in the hope that someone can help! 🐰🥀In the meantime, meet this terribly abused boy who was ADOPTED by a HORRID HUMAN BEING ON 11/17/2021 & brought back to the same shelter TODAY in an abhorrent condition. Some of the medical notes include:

📍 – not eating for 24 hours.

📍 – overgrown upper and lower incisors.

📍 – maggots coming from the mouth; inflamed rectum & penile area; rectum area with maggot eggs and small, tiny maggots.

📍 - matting on sacral caudal end.

🌺We've rescued numerous medical buns in the last couple of months without fundraising. Now, with Ritchie potentially coming into our care, a surge of new vet bills threatens to prevent further medical rescuing unless our balance due is reduced (see comments). So, we appeal to you, and we thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

🕊Please find it in your heart to help us rescue Ritchie. The reason tells us to let go, but we cannot let this sweet soul die without at least trying. Will you please use the "Donate" button or visit bunnyworldfoundation.org/donate

📌We're on Venmo - search with "@bunnyworldfoundation"

📌If on your personal PayPal account - search with our email: info@bunnyworldfoundation.org

📌If your budget allows and you'd like to make a direct donation to Northwood Animal Hospital toward our vet bills, they will happily process call-in contributions of $100 or more. Ph: 949-559-1992.

📌Finally, please consider donating monthly, even if it's just a few dollars. No donation is too small. Bunnies need you! http://www.bunnyworldfoundation.org/donate/.

🌻Thank you so very much for caring. We hope you'll contribute mercifully to Ritchie's case and share him wherever permitted.

💕With ongoing gratitude,

~BWF Volunteers

 

Sweet Caramel Needs Your Help!

📌🍬CARAMEL from S. LA Shelter is ONE of the 100+ buns we've rescued during the last few months. Sorry, they haven't seen the light of social media yet, but we've been BUSY "spring cleaning" & "rescue soul searching." Their stories are coming. Trust us, we haven't stopped… not for a single day! The adoption events in Altadena, Torrance, Los Feliz, & Hancock Park have been nothing but success, with 8+ adoptions almost every Sunday. Those who attend our events know…those who volunteer dozens of lifesaving transport a week know…and the fact that our vet bill hit $30K indicates that we still take 50+ rabbits to our vet MONTHLY!
💗 NOW, BACK TO CARAMEL, who was BLUE ALERTED earlier this week and is looking for a foster & a sponsor. He got injured by his cage mate because LAAS ROUTINELY puts UN-NEUTERED MALES TOGETHER in the kennels, where they castrate each other, bite their noses, & cause thousands of dollars in abscess treatments. ☹
🖐 "GENTLE" REMINDER: We don't have a facility or paid staff, so there's nothing casual/temporary about fostering for BWF. We are ALL volunteers; fosters are our staff. We don't have a plan for if/after you default as a foster. You are Caramel's plan. So, if you're serious, please email us at info@bunnyworldfoundation.org.
📌 If you can't commit, please don't waste our time. We're tired of those who flake, lie, & breach our agreements. What PART OF "FOSTER-BASED," "ALL-VOLUNTEER," & "NO-FACILITY" do they not understand? We are constantly amazed. So, if you're one of them, we are the wrong rescue; CARAMEL is the wrong bunny for you to save… We ONLY want/need/embrace volunteers/fosters who RESPECT WRITTEN AGREEMENTS and have INTEGRITY & UNDERSTANDING of how FOSTER-BASED rescues work. This means that there's NO backup when we rescue buns from death row from public shelters (SEAACA, LAAS). YOU, the FOSTER, are the plan, the backup, & EVERYTHING! 💗 So, again, if you'd like to help this sweet boy, please email us!
🌻If you can't foster but want to donate to Caramel's medical boarding & recovery, please visit bunnyworldfoundation.org/donate and donate via Venmo or PayPal.
🌺Thank you kindly…and, as always, ONWARD! 💗
~BWF

📌🌺PLEASE KEEP YOUR BUNNIES INDOORS ONLY!

📌🌺PLEASE KEEP YOUR BUNNIES INDOORS ONLY!
We at BWF have almost 300 bunnies spread out from San Diego to Santa Barbara in our trusted foster homes. If you’d like to meet them, please email us at info@bunnyworldfoundation.org, and we’ll send you the application to fill out. Once you’re approved, you’ll be invited to our Adoption Event, where we bring over 100 bunnies for you to choose from. The events are currently taking place in Altadena, Hancock Park, Torrance, and Los Feliz. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE:

📌🐰📌BWF bunnies would have to be strictly indoors only. Outside adds many risks, with virtually no benefits that can't be safely recreated indoors. Please look at this gorgeous setup at one of our foster homes. These babies are in heaven. 😊

🌻If you’re still confused, please CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
👉 The first risk is Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, a deadly virus that bunnies typically catch from wild bunnies. When domestic bunnies are taken outdoors, they become at risk for this severe disease.
👉 The second risk is parasites, both external and internal. Think fleas, ticks, mites, mosquito bites, ants, etc.
👉 When outside, bunnies can also come in contact with yard chemicals, weed killers, and poisonous plants. Different types of yard grass have various dangers. Mold builds up on outdoor grass and can cause serious illness in bunnies.
👉 Hawks, coyotes, raccoons, and other outdoor predators can quickly kill bunnies in the blink of an eye. But even worse, some bunnies are so scared when they see them that they die of a heart attack!
👉 Bunnies also have very poor temperature regulation systems and are at risk for heatstroke at as low as 80 degrees. They can't tolerate sudden temperature fluctuations, like taking a bunny from high outdoor heat into a cooled indoor space, which can send them into shock.

😔🌿These are just a few. Hopefully, this all makes sense as to why we do not allow the bunnies under our care outside. Please reach out if you have any questions!

🙏😌Thank you very much for your interest in adopting the Bunny World Foundation bunnies to help us rescue MORE buns perishing in the city shelters! ❤

💣Bunnies & Fireworks are NOT Compatible!

Random pyrotechnic explosions can be heard in LA as we approach the dreaded evening of July 4, when ALL HELL BREAKS loose.

Please boycott the violence & don't set off fireworks! The bombs & blasts of sound & light cause immeasurable harm & death to countless domestic & wild animals.Fireworks are animal cruelty on a MASSIVE scale. They cannot be justified.

Urban wildlife in LA is abundant, and birds (including geese & ducks), deer, squirrels, coyotes, rodents, aquatic life, opossums, raccoons & wild cottontails suffer cruelly due to fireworks. Mothers bolt/fly off in terror, abandoning babies & nests. Fireworks pollute the waters, poison fish & birds, and ignite devastating fires. BIRDS EVEN FALL DEAD RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY DUE TO FIREWORKS!

Keep your buns ALWAYS INDOORS WITH YOU! Keep all doors & windows closed. Even if your bunnies have never panicked before, there is always a first time. Your bunnies may panic out of terror from the explosions, frequently escaping fencing and fatally injuring themselves in the process.

Vision-impaired/blind bunnies should NEVER be left alone during fireworks.

Bunnies' hearing is exponentially greater than humans'! The deafening bombs can cause them to panic, thump, or dart suddenly, causing injuries. The stress can lead to the deadly G.I. Stasis.

"Treat-testing" saves bunnies' lives! Offer your buns a tiny bit of their favorite fruit treat to ensure their well-being during the fireworks ordeal. If they refuse it, RUN to the vet!

Microchip your bunnies & confirm that microchips are registered accurately.

Play music at a sensible level to cushion sudden explosive noises. The TV or stereo left on will help distract them from the outside noise.

Provide your bunnies with extra hide-y boxes/tunnels. Place food/water in those hiding places to help them avoid G.I. Stasis.

Offer bunnies new chew toys/enrichment/healthy treats to keep them entertained. Pile their litter box high with fresh hay and serve a BIG salad.

Keep bunnies cool with fans/AC/gallon-sized frozen water bottles.

For true comfort, please give them extra doses of TLC, even if they seem fine.

Thank you for caring!

~BWF

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