and some more…

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this is in waterloo park in waterloo ontario… about an hours drive from toronto.  bogart had a blast.  i was surprised at how friendly most of the animals were with him.  they all came to sniff him out even though he was running around all excited & trying to pull me over with his leash

i’m really lucky since this park is only a 30 min trail walk away from where i live!  the only sad thing is the buns that are there… i don’t think they’re cared for as well as they could be.  i’m on a bit of a crusade about it now actually (see my thread in the rescue forum).  i do know that the city takes pride in this park and it’s well maintained so i plan to find out more about the rabbit care they provide.

lol beka!  it’s a big park with ball diamonds, cricket & soccer fields, a water play park for kidlettes and a lots of picnic areas.  the zoo part – or rather “animal farm display” – is on one end of the park and is free to go by anytime.  well actually i don’t think you’re supposed to be in there past 11 pm.  and it’s our tax dollars funding it so it’s technically not free i guess.  in the winter they have christmas light displays that are really beautiful.  my running group runs through in all seasons but running through there in winter is my favorite because it’s dark early & the lights are fab.

i’d like to find that out too.  i *do* know that the city parks department runs the park but i want to find out more details about how the buns in particular are cared for.  i was upset to find out that they’re not spayed or neutered.  i realize that they wouldn’t be cared for by house-pet standards but i want to dig a bit anyways.  i don’t know enough about caring for the other animals there to know if they’re well cared for… but at the very least the grounds are well maintained and the animals have lots of free-roam space.

yup… they’re seperate.  well they’re with a tortoise but otherwise separate.  the peacock & colorful birdies (?) have their own area too.  the deer, wee cow and llamas are all together with a couple of chickens.  and there are a few other areas too all with paths between them.  they even have signs up about not feeding some of the animals because they’re on special diets. 

of course they don’t have a sign like that for the buns (yet) and people always bring carrots for them.   i notice that there’s always a big pile of hay for them and i know the tortoise eats veg so i assume the buns get greens too but do’t know for sure yet.  

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doh!  that totally flew over my head beka… lol. 

no thats what got me so upset on fathers day… they’re all together   i asked the girl if they were spayed & neutered (who wasn’t a regular animal care giver – she was hired extra for the holiday) but she said there were lots more bunnies in the building than when they went in there before winter.  apparently they keep them in a building over the winter.

it disturbs me on so many levels… A) they should all be spayed & neutered to just be properly cared for health-wise… B) what happens to all the offspring… there’d be a million buns running around if they were free to reproduce year after year wouldn’t there?  and of course C) why would they need to reproduce bunnies?  couldn’t they adopt buns from the shelter if there isn’t enough for the group? 

they seem to take such good care of the other animals… i don’t know how they can be so far off with the buns.  it’s like they think buns are disposable.    anyways… i’m composing an informative educating letter & need to make some calls to try to find out who to send it to.  first i want to check the info the girl gave me incase she was wrong (i hope so) tho.

thats what i was thinking too.  i hope so.  it is way more expensive around here to spay bunnies but thats no excuse for irresponsible animal care.   the park really is lovely… i’d hate it if they were doing something not good with the buns. 

oh thats terrible!  grrr.  :shudders:  i sure hope it wasn’t this park too… the fencing around them is so high i can’t imagine a bun even surviving the drop.