Another update today.  We got 23 more out yesterday!  Various rescues including SaveABunny, SLO Rabbits, Rabbits Rock (AFRP), Rabbit Ears, and Leaps and Bounds and of course The Rabbit Haven took some rabbits out.  We are still trying to get them all out in the next few weeks.  We have until the 17th of December.

These bunnies were also given a great gift by three area vets and some vet techs and staff at local vet hospitals.  Dr. Hillary Stern (Avian and Exotic in Monterey), Dr. Erika Sullenberger (Animal Hospital of Soquel), Dr. Sarah Hawklyn (Aptos-Creekside Pet Hospital), and vet techs and staff from Felton Veterinary Hospital, Animal Hospital of Soquel, and Aptos-Creekside Pet Hospital will be holding a free "Spay A Thon" this Sunday at the Santa Cruz shelters.  All of these animal care professionals will be donating their time to get as many spays and neuters done as possible.  The Rabbit Haven will be providing volunteers to move the rabbits in and out of the ORs, and to proviide post op care for the bunnies.

Cannot get down to the Santa Cruz area, but just made a donation to the Rabbit Haven to help out with the tremendous work that is being done.  Bless you all, and prayers that all the bunnies get out.

Is there an update on how many rabbits still need to be rescued at this point?

Sunday was the Spay-A-Thon at the Santa Cruz shelter.  32 rabbits were spayed/neutered on Sunday, with the vets working from 7:30 AM until nearly 8:30 PM.  Haven volunteers did post op care and transport, and local area vet techs donated their time working with the vets in the ORs.

A bunch more of the bunnies were taken into rescue over the last few days.  Amazing as it may sound, We are down to 23 now needing rescue.  The rescue community in the Bay Area has really responded to our please for helping, taking large numbers of these bunnies out of the shelter and into rescue.  Several were also adopted over the weekend.  I am hoping that one more push will be able to get the remaining bunnies out and safely into rescue.  I will keep everyone posted.

We had an adoption show this weekend, and two of the Aptos breeder bunnies were there, dwarf males named Gibbs and Dinozo.  Dinozo was adopted, and Gibbs stayed around long enough for me to take this picture of him.  I don't have any updates today, but pictures are always fun.

A nice article in The Examiner about the Spay A Thon on Sunday.

http://www.examiner.com/animal-welf...generosity

Of the 116 rabbits that came in to the two shelters, just 9 remain at the Santa Cruz shelter.  We have 10 days to find a place for these remaining 9.  All have been spayed/neutered and are ready to go.  We are close to the end here folks, I hope we can get these last few out.

 Any word yet on the remaining nine bunnies?  This effort has been truly awe-inspiring!

Carlos was adopted today, so 8 remain to be gotten out this week.  You can see their photos on The Rabbit Haven's website here:

http://therabbithaven.org/AptosConf...12811.html

 Thanks for the update.  What fine bunnies -- wish I could take one (or two).  

Three rabbits remain at the Santa Cruz shelter from this rescue.  We have an adoption show on Saturday 12/17, and all three will be shown.  If they are not adopted, they will go into foster care with The Haven.  One way or the other, they are not going back to the shelter on Saturday.

Two of the rabbits with the ear amputations have had surgeries to remove large abcesses under their wounds.  They will take a bit longer to be ready for adoption, losing an ear is a very traumatic thing for a rabbit.

The response to this crisis has been really overwhelming.  We have had rabbits going all over California, with offers of rescue from as far away as Canada.  Bunny people truly are amazing.

This is such great news.  Everyone involved has been so great, so generous, so caring, so hard-working.  It's really inspiring.  May every last bunny have wonderful loving homes and all the care they deserve!

The last three rabbits from the confiscation are out of the shelter and in foster care with The Haven.  Out of the 116 or so rabbits (I am not sure of the exact number), we only lost one, a very sick female who died the night she was taken into the shelter.  None were euthanized.  They are all safe now, in adoptive and foster homes all around California.

This was a massive undertaking, and The Haven got a lot of help from the community and other rescues. I saw Heather on Saturday, she is exhausted but happy that we could get them all out.  The volunteers who groomed and socialized the bunnies at the shelters, the members of the community that donated supplies and cash, the vets and vet techs who donated their time to treat and spay/neuter these rabbits, the people who did twitter, facebook, blog and media postings, the volunteers who did huge numbers of loads of soiled rabbit laundry, the list goes on and on, so many people supported these bunnies.  It was amazing to see.

A number of these rabbits were featured at our adoption show on Saturday.  Three found new homes, many more were there just to get their nails done, their photos taken, and then go to their new foster homes.  I took over 400 photos of 19 rabbits on Saturay, a new personal best.  The rabbits are adorable, they are all tiny, with the classic round heads and tiny ears of dwarf bunnies.  Some of them are rexes, some have dutch markings, some are all white with blue or brown eyes.  They are still very skinny, even after almost 6 weeks of decent food.  All are spayed/neutered now, and ready for some TLC and then adoption into their own homes.

The BB community has been very supportive during this rescue, your encouragement and donations helped to keep us moving forward and find ways to help the bunnies.  Thank you all for your continued interest and support.  It really means a lot to me.

Here's an update on the 3 bunnies who came to Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary:

Pattie P. already got adopted this weekend - she was adopted to be friends with a gentle elderbun:

Annabelle is getting adopted, coincidentally on Christmas Eve, as her spay appt is Dec. 23rd.  Her new mom has come to visit her three times!