Hi everybody!! I have received this Alert from my yahoo group!! Hopefully there is somebody out there, who can adopt, foster or help in any other way???

RESCUE/ADOPTERS NEEDED FOR HIGHLY ADOPTABLE SPAYED/NEUTERED AND
MICROCHIPPED BUNNIES!!!
If you can help please contact the primary rabbit coordinator, Julie
Wood at H:831.688.8118 or C: 831.212.1935, Julie@stockhorse.com for
any questions or additional information.

We have over 30 rabbits and need to find rescue and/or homes for at
least five of them OR RABBITS WILL BE PTS. We were given 72 hours to
save these Himalayan, dwarf, dutch, rex, lop, chocolate colored, and
young bunnies. Prior to the 3,500 acre fire that caused hundreds of
families and pets to evacuate their homes, both the animal shelter and
local rescue groups were already overwhelmed with a number after
Easter dumps. Many families are now homeless because of the fire and
are giving up their animals. Some rabbits even ran away from because
of the smoke in the air.

Three rabbits were recently confiscated from an aviary after they were
attacked by roosters. It gets worse: these pets were owned by a local
public school and none of the adults or teachers were mature enough to
report the situation to authorities. Two young children went to the
local animal shelter to let them know about three bunnies who were
only being fed birdseed, and when officers arrived, they found a
bloody mess. Only two rabbits survived from that situation. Are these
teachers qualified to educate our children so that they will grow up
to be responsible citizens? Two children took responsibility, but now
we must take responsibility for caring for these bunnies.

On May 3, an illegal slaughterhouse/feedlot was reported for animal
abuse and 14 livestock were confiscated, along with two rabbits who
had no food or water. These two sweet, loving girls were desperate for
attention and are so happy to be out of that situation and not
slaughtered for food.

May 1, 2008 our shelter received 21 rabbits from a resident who had
let his rabbits breed under his house. Many of these rabbits were
babies, and four were under 2 pounds! They were malnourished and were
fighting off predator attacks. Several had wounds that required
emergency vet care. Two days later a local resident found 2 other
rabbits that were dumped near a busy road. Our maximum is 12
bunnies!!! We already have 7 rabbits in foster care, and these rabbits
need rescue and adopters! We have volunteers available to transport if
we can find rescue. Please if you can help in any way with
rescue/adoptions or long-term foster care, contact me immediately!!!
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation, please send
checks to FOSCCA c/o Julie Wood, 750 Valencia Road , Aptos , CA
95003 . If you are unable to reach Julie, you may also contact Anna
Barker at 831.566.5452, annabarker@yahoo.com or Heather of the Rabbit
Haven at 831.239.7119, director@therabbithaven.org.

xxx