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Forum THE LOUNGE I wonder if we can do something about this…. (Rabbit Runaway Orphanage..again :( )

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    • friedegg
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        So basically the Rabbit Runaway Orphanage in Australia is under fire…again. This article makes me so mad (enough to post about it and I don’t usually post things). Some of the comments on that article are completely moronic. If people could leave comments in support. I think they need it.

        Thanks guys


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          WOW! Just read the article – thanks friedegg. I would never have seen this myself being a QLDer – the bunny free state of Australia (it wouldn’t have made the news here). This is just MY opinion (please, don’t anyone go crook at me), I think bunnies should get the same care and attention as any other pet. Hares and wild rabbits (just like kangaroo’s – and no I’m not happy about that either) if they are a nuisance to farmer’s, as long as it is humane, they can deal with them accordantly. How the money gets used….. what was it? $1500 to fix a bunnies teeth – I do find that extreme, and that’s for any pet. I would NEVER spend that on MY own teeth. But whatever? One thing that annoys me though, the whinging about Government handouts. Seriously, if the money wasn’t given to the animal shelter’s it still doesn’t seem to funnel back to us. My son was born disabled and so much for the free dental assistance (and everything else) he is supposedly entitled to receive – thankfully my hubby works overtime to cover his costs. So why not let the bunnies of Australia have a few dollars like dog’s and cat’s. Like I said, stopping the funding wouldn’t make any difference to the average Aussie. But yer – $1500 in medical bills on one bun…. I hate to say it, but that may be pushing the line. But I’m all for supporting the homeless bunnies (and homeless people) of Australia! Thanks for sharing friedegg – you gave me an insight into something I never knew. Cheers.

          Edit/ADD – Again, I hope this doesn’t sound terrible, but I refuse to donate to any charity – I heard that most are lucky to receive a few cents in the dollar (the RSPCA is my biggest example after being exposed on ‘A Current Affair’, along with many others) after everyone takes out their share. I am more inclined to take a few bags of dog food (for example) directly to the shelter. When it’s unaffordable, but you still wanna help, I reckon that’s the way to go? As always – each to their own.


        • Roberta
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            Those guys do such an amazing job…. It sucks when idiots attack animal shelters.


          • Roberta
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              What gets me is they go on about the feral animal population… If they think it’s bad now how are they going to cope if there are no rescue orgs or shelters to take them in and desex them.


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                Posted By AndHenry on 02/18/2014 03:05 AM

                Edit/ADD – Again, I hope this doesn’t sound terrible, but I refuse to donate to any charity – I heard that most are lucky to receive a few cents in the dollar (the RSPCA is my biggest example after being exposed on ‘A Current Affair’, along with many others) after everyone takes out their share. I am more inclined to take a few bags of dog food (for example) directly to the shelter. When it’s unaffordable, but you still wanna help, I reckon that’s the way to go? As always – each to their own.

                I see what you mean! I have donated time, money, and food (in separate trips) to a local no kill shelter. I hate to say it, too, but sometimes I just can’t fathom giving cash to someone without really knowing where it goes. Oh and $1500 goes quickly in dental work. I just had a root canal that was about that much. Then again I won’t be going there again unless I hit the lottery and need more work done.


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                  Exactly! And there is a BIG difference between a feral animal and a PET! (regardless of what that pet is – it shouldn’t always fall into the dog/cat category). Shelters are just that! Shelter!


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                    Thanks JP – I was in no way saying that a bun ‘shouldn’t’ have $1500 in dental work, but just like us (or me) if it’s not affordable…..? and I can’t help but wonder (and I need to emphasize I am no expert) how far would $1500 go feeding the bun’s? Like I said, I don’t know, so maybe I should just shut my big mouth now! Lol…..
                    Yep, I’d need to win lotto too for it to be considered in our household. Are you reading this Henry – eat your hay! Cheers.


                  • jerseygirl
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                      Some of the comments on that article are completely moronic.

                      Moronic is right. I don’t even know where to start tbh.

                      I dislike articles like this that try lead readers to draw certain conclusions.


                    • LBJ10
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                        Coming from someone who understands ecology and conservation theory, I understand the need to control an invasive species that is destroying an ecosystem. That being said, I think people’s anger is being misdirected here. This shelter is trying to help pet rabbits that were dumped or abandoned, preventing them from contributing to the rabbit problem.


                      • jerseygirl
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                          Exactly.

                          LBJ, i forget what Judi’s (of the rescue) degree is in but her thesis was:
                          Using Human-Environment Theory to investigate human valuing in protected area management.

                          Sorry if I’m off base but is this at all similar to your area of study?


                        • Zombie-Sue
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                            I think that part of the problem in the public eye is the money it requires to run this operation


                          • Roberta
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                              It’s been a slow news week for the Australian press so they are turning it into a witch hunt… They are now trying to infer that No Kill Shelters like RRO are just a front for horders….. They won’t be happy till they cause grief and then it will “How sad, this animal shelter has had to close” and the idiots currently buying into the first bulldust will then be equally beguild by the next….


                            • Roberta
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                                If you Facebook Bryce is putting updates on the Australian Rabbit Network page.


                              • friedegg
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                                  Not to mention that they cant even get their facts straight half the time. There was a segment on soundcloud that was so bad I wont even bother putting it up. Something about how taking a dog to a vet is ok but a rabbit is… *just a rabbit*


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                                    Posted By AndHenry on 02/18/2014 04:01 AM

                                    Exactly! And there is a BIG difference between a feral animal and a PET! (regardless of what that pet is – it shouldn’t always fall into the dog/cat category). Shelters are just that! Shelter!

                                    I don’t think the rabbit problem in Australia is even from feral domestic rabbits.  Wasn’t it caused by wild European rabbits being deliberately imported and released so that aristocrats could hunt them for sport?


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                                      Posted By jerseygirl on 02/18/2014 10:10 PM

                                      Exactly.

                                      LBJ, i forget what Judi’s (of the rescue) degree is in but her thesis was:
                                      Using Human-Environment Theory to investigate human valuing in protected area management.

                                      Sorry if I’m off base but is this at all similar to your area of study?

                                      Yep, very close to what I’m doing for my thesis actually.


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                                        I am quite naïve (I’m am sure you worked that out already, ha ha) especially when I don’t have the experience and knowledge first hand so I probably shouldn’t have responded/posted on this forum (sorry). But after reading the article which took me by total surprise (I had no idea!) I couldn’t get why a PET rabbit wasn’t respected the same as a dog or cat? My thoughts were rabbits were domesticated as pets (like dog’s and cat’s) so don’t they deserve the same rights/respect? If I was mislead by the article in relation to the dental ‘bill’ – I’m sorry.
                                        Anyhow what I wanted to add (because I just don’t get the whole ‘wasting money on the PET bunny shelter’ thing???) just recently during our heatwave the RSPCA were out and about saving baby bats from the mothers that died due to heat. They are protected here to everyone’s horror when they set up colonies in their neighbourhood – they are seen as pests. And every resource went into their care (as so it should – cause no one deserves that). But how much did that cost the QLD tax payer? No amount was ever specified, and no one cared – everyone just ooh’ed and ahhh’ed over the babies.  But!!!! not long ago I watched an article on TV referring to “found” ‘lost pet birds’, and to remind everyone that has ‘lost’ a pet bird to contact the RSPCA. We may not allow bunnies here, but I believe we have a good respect for ALL pets. (?)
                                        If this couple are prepared to give up their time, expertise (education) and home/property to do this along with a few dollars in Government funding (which they are entitled – I do know a bit about that from previous employment) and private donations – good for them!
                                        I have heard a lot of complaints from the farmer’s out west trying to cope with the drought, along with the ‘wild’ rabbits, hares and kangaroo’s. But I think we should all know we are talking PET rabbits.
                                        And Eepster – good point! The pests that have been introduced to our country to eradicate or deal with another pest is laughable! In QLD we have many pests – the one that we (QLD) are famous for is the ‘toad’! Bloody horrible things! and yes, they were introduced to us to control something (who knows what) but they have caused so much destruction to our beautiful wildlife. So sad.

                                        (My Molly who eventually passed from old age – I almost drowned him once from holding his mouth/face under a full running tap to wash away the toad poison and froth coming from his mouth – it was a horrible experience! and luckily he survived. He lived to 15).

                                        Keep up the good work RRO – you should be admired and appreciated, which I’m sure you are by the ‘majority’! (we Aussie’s love a pet).

                                        PS – I do support the RSPCA and my local shelter. I just choose to do it directly to THEM. Cheers. 

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