FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lejla Hadzimuratovic, Founder, Bunny World Foundation,
info@bunnyworldfoundation.org, (310) 498-8600
Bunny World Foundation Plea to Los Angeles Community to Save Rabbits on Death Row at SouthEast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA). For more information about SEAACA, visit www.seaaca.org.
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 11, 2022) - Bunny World Foundation, an all-volunteer foster-based animal rescue that finds homes for hundreds of abandoned domestic rabbits each year, is struggling to singlehandedly prevent the mass killing of rabbits at SEAACA. Lejla Hadzimuratovic, who founded BWF in 2008 in Los Angeles, said that this “killing spree” comes during at a particularly challenging time, as local shelters are overrun with bunnies who have no place to go after the spring breeding and summer dumping season.
“Bunny World Foundation is deeply saddened at witnessing the dire situation at SEAACA and struggling to assist with pulling each and every discarded rabbit on death row; The shelter claims that they do not have space to house so many animals and are reaching out to partners on daily basis to clear the shelter of dogs, cats, and rabbits; They do not have the resources to find out the gender of rabbits scheduled for euthanasia, let alone to Spay/Neuter them prior to sending them to partners,” said Hadzimuratovic. “If you want to know why so many rabbits end up on death row non-stop, then it's really simple. There are 4 main reasons:
PEOPLE WHO BUY BUNNIES: When you buy a bunny, no matter where you buy that bunny from, you are supporting the breeders and the bunny mill owners. Please, never ever buy, always Adopt; we promise you that whatever bunny you want, there is one waiting for you in a shelter or rescue today. If you have never Adopted a bunny, then you have missed out on the most fantastic feeling, it's that feeling of saving a life. Ask anyone who has done it, and they will tell you the same, that bunny will repay you with a lifetime of love and affection.
BREEDERS & BUNNY MILLS: Despite the massive overpopulation of bunnies in America and worldwide, the breeders and the bunny mills churn-out bunnies 24 hours a day to make a buck -- or in many cases, a LOT of bucks. The way to shut down the breeders and the bunny mills is simple; just Adopt from your local Shelter or Rescue instead of buying from a pet store or breeder. BWF alone has every size, age, color, breed, and personality of bunny you can ever imagine. "RESPONSIBLE BREEDER" IS AN OXYMORON. We need a MORATORIUM on breeders! PERIOD!
PEOPLE WHO SURRENDER BUNNIES: If you have kids, you make plans for them in case something happens to you. If you have companion animals, you must do the same thing; otherwise, they end up at the Shelter with a kill date. If you cannot afford to keep a companion animal, then do not get one in the first place. Being a caregiver to a helpless animal is a lifetime commitment, not a disposable fashion accessory.
PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO SPAY/NEUTER BUNNIES: Failing to Spay/Neuter bunnies factors HUGELY into the overpopulation problem. Bunnies left unfixed will breed! Get your bunnies fixed, because if you do not, you are on the path to leaving bunnies at the shelter with a kill date. Please don't breed or buy while shelter pets die.”
For more information about Bunny World Foundation, visit bunnyworldfoundation.org.
if you are not in position to ADOPT, please email BWF with a subject “I WILL FOSTER A SEAACA DEATH ROW BUNNY”at info@bunnyworldfoundation.org
About Bunny World Foundation
Bunny World Foundation (BWF) is an ALL-Volunteer, non-profit 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 for their intensive care, medication, supplies, and spay/neuter funds. BWF has 250 volunteers/fosters and rescues approximately 1,000-1500 abandoned and abused domestic rabbits a year. BWF rescued over 14,000 rabbits in the City of Los Angeles to date, ranging from un-weaned baby bunnies from Santee Alley to adult bunnies from the over-inundated city shelters.
More information about BWF can be found on our website and our Facebook page.
The foundation welcomes any and all donations from the public. All proceeds go toward spay and neuter surgeries, vet bills, food, and other supplies needed to sustain the animals until they can find their forever homes at one of our weekly adoption events.
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We want to thank you so much for your kind words and actions throughout the year, and we hope this was happy day for you. So many of you are very far away, but you connect with our little bunnies and express your concern and love for them in such special ways.
