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Tuesday
Jul262022

National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Bunny World Foundation To Save and Improve the Lives of Rabbits in the Greater Los Angeles Area


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lejla Hadzimuratovic, Founder, Bunny World Foundation,
info@bunnyworldfoundation.org, (310) 498-8600
Petco Love, media@petcolove.org

National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Bunny World Foundation To

Save and Improve the Lives of Rabbits in the Greater Los Angeles Area

A $35,000 grant will be celebrated at the local Petco event on July 26, 2022


LOS ANGELES, CA (July 25, 2022) - Bunny World Foundation, an all-volunteer animal rescue that finds homes for hundreds of abandoned domestic rabbits each year, is set to receive a $35,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love. This is happening during a special celebration at Petco at 845 South Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California on Tuesday, July 26 at 11 a.m. in support of Bunny World Foundation’s lifesaving work for animals in the greater Los Angeles area.

Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations -- like ours -- across North America, with 6.5 million pets adopted and counting.

“Our investment in Bunny World Foundation is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently celebrated the one-year launch anniversary of Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet facial recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.''

Lejla Hadzimuratovic, who founded BWF in 2008 in Los Angeles, said the gift will help the organization during a particularly challenging time, as local shelters are overrun with bunnies who have no place to go after the spring breeding season.

“Bunny World Foundation is deeply honored to be a recipient of the funds designated to assist 700 bunnies rescued from high kill shelters in the greater Los Angeles area during Winter/Spring of 2022. The project, made possible by our adoption and charitable partner Petco Love enables us to continue our mission and tackle hundreds of medical challenges related to the rabbits we rescued,” said Hadzimuratovic. “Together, we continue to make a real difference for rabbits. Amidst the abyss of endless calls for rabbits whose lives are in danger, EVERY DAY we save lives, we educate, we push, and enrich and change the lives of those who decide to adopt their furry friend. We continue to be their voices and their hope.”

For more information about Bunny World Foundation, visit bunnyworldfoundation.org. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.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 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.

 

About Petco Love 

Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide.

Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on FacebookInstagramTwitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.

Friday
Apr292022

BWF at Wallis Annenberg PetSpace

Bunny World Foundation is thrilled to be part of this very special event at Wallis Annenberg PetSpace. If you haven't registered yet, please do so! ❤

Other rescues in addition to Bunny World Foundation attending are:
LA Animal Services
Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control
Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA)
Southwestern Herpetologists Society
Southern California Guinea Pig Rescue
Food4Buns
We look forward to seeing you!
~BWF
Sunday
Apr102022

The Arboretum 'Spring Fling!'

 😊L.A. bunny-lovers, here's your chance to meet some of our precious rescued bunnies under a giant shade tree at the GORGEOUS Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden during their 'Spring Fling' event -- with music in the air, and grass under your feet...🐇

🌸If you've been there, then you know... and if you haven't, NOW'S THE TIME! Visit www.arboretum.org for event info.
This is not an adoption event -- but you never know, you might fall in love, and get the ball rolling toward adoption...💘
We hope to see you there! ~BWF
(adoption/foster applications: email us at
info@bunnyworldfoundation.org)
Tuesday
Apr052022

The Completely Avoidable Tragedy of Easter

A mother and father purchase a baby male Holland Lop to put in their 6 year old daughter’s Easter basket. On Easter day, little Samantha sees the rabbit sitting in a bright pink basket amongst various colored plastic eggs- Samantha is giddy with excitement! The baby bunny’s soft fur, little paws, big ears, and his twitching nose are delightful to behold! The curious bunny hops out of the basket and he begins to explore the living room. Samantha wants to pet the bunny, so she begins chasing him throughout the room. The terrified bunny darts about the room, but he soon finds himself trapped in a corner. Little Samantha reaches down and clumsily picks up the tiny bunny. The bunny desperately wants to escape from Samantha’s grasp, so he kicks his legs as hard as he can until she releases him. The bunny flies through the air and falls to the ground with a loud thump. The horrified parents see that the bunny’s hind leg is dangling from underneath him.

The veterinarian tells the family that the bunny has a broken hind leg and that it is going to cost between 500-1500 dollars for the rabbit to be treated depending upon if the x-rays show that he will need surgery. The dejected family asks the doctor to wrap the leg without setting it, then they take the bunny to a local animal shelter where they drop him off. As they are driving away, Samantha asks her parents, “Why are we leaving Thumper behind?”. The mother and father solemnly tell Samantha that they cannot keep the rabbit and that he has “Gone to a better place”. Little Samantha clings onto her stuffed bear, buries her head in his synthetic fur, then sobs the entire way home. Meanwhile, two exhausted volunteers from the shelter look in the box and see the injured rabbit. They sigh, contact their vet, then one of them takes the rabbit to get treated. It is the eleventh rabbit that has arrived and they are expecting hundreds of more abandoned and injured “Easter” bunnies to arrive for weeks to come. As the two volunteers are leaving the shelter, one woman says to the other woman, “Do you think it will be better next year?”, the other woman disconcertedly replies, “For the sake of the rabbits, I hope so”.

The story above is just one of the tragedies that happens during Easter time. Unfortunately, the novelty of owning a rabbit will eventually wear off for a lot of children and parents. Many neglected rabbits will eventually be released into the wild where they will die from dehydration, starvation, predation, or from a number of other horrors. Other abandoned rabbits will end up at shelters where the majority of unwanted Easter rabbits are euthanized.

When parents go to purchase a baby bunny for Easter, many don’t realize that owning a rabbit is big commitment. Rabbits live between 8-12 years and rabbits are not suitable pets for young children. Rabbits require copious fresh hay, fresh veggies, a limited amount of pellets, nail trimmings, brushings, toys to chew on, a bunny proofed play area, fresh water, and they must be spayed, or neutered to ensure that they do not mark your house or get testicular, or ovarian cancer. Rabbit owners must also learn how to properly handle a rabbit since rabbit’s bones are quite fragile. If dropped, or handled incorrectly, rabbits can be severely injured.

Please save the Easter bunnies this year and choose a plush, or a chocolate rabbit for your child. If you understand how to properly care for a rabbit and you would like to have one, there are thousands of sweet rabbits waiting in shelters for a forever family. You can visit www.bunnyworldfoundation.org for more information on adopting and caring for bunnies.

~Bunny World Foundation

 

Saturday
Dec252021

Merry Christmas & Hoppy Holidays!

 🧬Merry Christmas to those who celebrate & HOPPY HOLIDAYS to ALL! <3

💝We, at Bunny World Foundation, thank you for your support in 2021, which helped our colossal efforts to make the world a tiny better place for our much-loved companions!
🐞Our work continues every day, so we ask you NOT to forget the MILLIONS of HOMELESS bunnies suffering in high-kill shelters, bunny mills, labs, backyard breeders, fur farms, and abattoirs who are not enjoying the privileges of a beloved family member. Together, we can help MANY! ADOPT. FOSTER. VOLUNTEER, D❤️NATE!
🦋Here are options for those wishing to give a special gift to Bunny World Foundation this Christmas & Holiday Season:
🍓MAKE an ON-LINE D🐰NATION via PAYPAL to help our VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital Vet Bill of $10K, any amount helps. http://www.bunnyworldfoundation.org/donate/

🍒Please CALL Northwood Animal Hospital & D🐰NATE directly towards our OUTSTANDING MEDICAL BILL of $23,300: (949) 559-1992. $100+ donations. (The latest bill and mounting of 12/22 in the comments)
🍊VISIT OUR AMAZON WISHLIST: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3CMC7ONQWSRBZ/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_25ePpb18E8967

🥕LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFTS? When you do your Holiday shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to BWF. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3792479 and support us every time you shop.
🍐CONSIDER D🐰NATING MONTHLY even if it’s just a few dollars. No d🐰nation is too small. Bunnies need you! http://www.bunnyworldfoundation.org/donate/

🥂 THANK YOU! May you find time this Holiday Season to enjoy that which you hold closest to your heart <3🍇
~BWF

 

P.S. Our current Vet Bill in ONE hospital! 

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