Stop University of Victoria, British Columbia from commencing a mass cull (kill) of the domestic rabbits

[Andi]

Peititon – http://www.thepetitionsite.com/13/stop-slaughter-of-u-of-victoria-rabbits
 

Info – http://www.uvicbunnies.org/

This is another issue we’ve been facing in my area.  Please sign the petition, hopefully it will help with get to the Government officials, letting them know killing victims is not the answer.

Thanks.

[bunnyluvr]

I signed!

[CharleyGirl]

I’ll sign. That’s so sad

[Monkeybun]

Unfortunately, I know that they have tried more humane answers to it. What resulted was they spayed/neutered the bunnies and let them out again. Only to be killed or hurt badly by the unspeutered ones people kept dumping. the only way to fix it is for people to stop dumping the bunnies… but people suck.

[LoveChaCha]

Domesticated rabbits can’t.. fend for themselves, right?

[Cambridge]

I don’t agree with this. Domestic rabbits are an invasive species in North America. Just because they’re cute doesn’t mean it’s okay to have a huge population of them roaming free. They’re out-competing the native cotton tail population and a huge drop in the cotton tail population has been linked to communicable diseases like pasteurella from these feral rabbit colonies. It’s an ugly solution to an ugly problem, but culling feral colonies of an invasive species is really the only way to ensure that it won’t wipe out native populations.

In a perfect world the best solution would be to… you know… not abandon domestic rabbits into the wild. But humans are stupid.

[Andi]

My Whole problem with this whole situation and many like it is the government/cities have no problem jumping to aggressive answers (culling) when things get out of hand. But how about we step up programs and enforcement on animal abandonment, b/c it’s NOT just about the animal, but about our wildlife, as mentioned, our delicate environment and the problem’s that come with abandonment of a these species.
Why should the animals always have to pay each time with their lives because we have idiots in our communities, the (1) animals dumpers and (2) the governments not passing laws and enforcing ones in place to stop this from happening…. only reacting after it’s to late.

We’re still allowing people have have outdoor cats while our song bird population dwindles to near nothing, so it’s not just rabbits, it’s humans and their stupid ways of thinking they are better then everything else.

[MarkBun]

The trouble with enforcement is catching them. It is something that can happen at any time, in any place and be done in just a few seconds. Trying to catch someone at it is nigh impossible.

Now, if all new rabbits were mandated to have a tracking chip and have that number linked to those who buy/adopt them… that’s a solution albiet an expensive one.

[Monkeybun]

Thanks for reminding me Mark. I need to look into microchips for my 2 babies.

[Andi]

Tattooing works well to. The rescue i volunteer from got a Vet bill from the SPCA one year (years ago) when an injured rabbit was found abandond outside. We got the bill because the tattoo was registered to us. A Volunteer (who is no longer with the organization) adopted out the bunny and did not keep the proper paper work. If they had we could have had that adopter charged. There was a BIG change in how paperwork (and adoptions) were done and filled after that. Though not many places tattoo anymore and rescues cannot afford to chip all the animals.

Maybe if any organization selling/adopting rabbits had to get all the animals tattood (and sputered) then that would make the adopters take more recponicbility, for if the animal was found it could be brought back to them. … hhmmm in a perfect world i supose.

[Sani]

not to sound like a total jerk but the mass culling seems like the only solution to me. the university has A LOT of feral rabbits running around. it might be a hazard putting them up for adoption and if they are kept in the wild they can throw off the natural balance in the area. its true that its not the bunny’s fault for being dumped but you have to look at this situation in a larger perspective. we allow the hunting of deer, ducks, and as of this year, even wolves. Is it their fault for being born into overpopulation? another example are mosquitoes. i hate turning on the news to see the mass killing of mosquito larva. millions of innocent mosquitoes are killed every year but its necessary to prevent the spread of disease. I view all life the same. if people dont have a problem with taking the lives of mosquitoes then they shouldnt mind the extermination of bunnies that are causing a problem

[Andi]

So we should just kill off LIVES because we (human race) upset THEIR natural balance and the made problems to begin with?

I’m not saying culling isn’t an answer, i am saying we humans screw up SO many parts of nature and then just dispose however is EASIEST. That’s not being responcible, and that’s not stoping these same occurances from happening later. If the Government is saying the lives of the animals is disposable, then the public reads that as it’s ok to dump my pets, as the Government says they are disposable…. when does it end? Where is the education?

Quick fixes are not solutions to prevention. And I do not believe in quick fixes when it comes to the lives of animals that WE put in danger in the first place. Step up, be responcible, and stop the process from happening over and over. But instead we take the easy way out.

[MarkBun]

I just want to preface this with that I signed the petition. With that being said, I’ve been a part of a large scale rescue and had to deal with those issues and about 30% of those rescued had to be put to sleep due to various medical and behavioral reasons. I am one of those that feel that feral rabbits live a very unhappy and often painful life. It is easy to blame the human race for it but the truth is that it is individuals that do this and if they could be punished and held accountable for it, I’m all behind it. I’m also all behind any other option besides culling but I also know that there can be some serious problems caused by uncontrolled feral rabbit populations.

It is an ugly reality – especially for somethings so cute and lovely…

[Deleted User]

Posted By Monkeybun on 04/12/2010 04:04 PM
I need to look into microchips for my 2 babies.

 

I don’t think that would be healthy. I know the chips are being implanted in house rabbits now, but I wouldn’t have it done. The chips are great for reuniting owners with lost pets, or identifying wildlife, but due to the longevity of pets the possibility of chip-associated tumors rises. It is the small animals who seem to be primarily affected by chip-related sarcomas. The implant area between the shoulder blades of a rabbit is very small; –the sterile chip would still be a huge foreign body inside a little bunny like Monkey.

 

[Monkeybun]

thats true petzy. never thought of that. Monkey IS really small, a microchip would be huge in her. maybe ill get tattoos done, just in case theres like an earthquake and i get separated from them, they can link them to me.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I’m not saying culling isn’t an answer, i am saying we humans screw up SO many parts of nature and then just dispose however is EASIEST. That’s not being responcible, and that’s not stoping these same occurances from happening later. If the Government is saying the lives of the animals is disposable, then the public reads that as it’s ok to dump my pets, as the Government says they are disposable…. when does it end? Where is the education?

WELL SAID!!!

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