Help stop rabbit sales

[Pearl]

Rabbits are generally bought on impulse and once the novelty has worn off are dumped outdoors or abandoned to overcrowded pounds, shelters, or rescue groups. Many are killed simply because therearen't enough homes.Please support our efforts to stop sales at the retail level. Your signature can make a difference.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/948517927

 

[SOOOSKA]

I just signed it.

Susan

 

[Crystalballl]

Signed!

 

[vivibee]

Signed :bunnydance:

 

[mezeta]

Me too

 

[SDShorty]

Signed . I wish we could stop the sale of ALL animals :?

 

[elixir]

Signed.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

Who are you Pearl?
Thanks for bring this up to our attention.

Here's what I posted in the petition.

I got my pet rabbit from a Veterinarian, who had an abandoned store bought rabbit in her care. Obviously the people who bought the rabbit was not prepared to handle a sick rabbit and to pay for the medical expenses.

Signed. :yeahthat:

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Signed.

I said something along the lines on "you think about buying a car, think about buying a bunny."

 

[Pearl]

 

[Pearl]

Hi everybody and thanks for signing the petition. If you'd like to take a bit more time tocopy and paste the following letter it would be greatly appreciated. Let's be a strong voice for the rabbits!

Petcetera [email protected]
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies [email protected]
Pets in Need Society [email protected]

To: Petcetera and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies
And to: Edmonton Humane Society and Calgary Humane Society
Cc: Pets in Need Society

LETTER TO STOP PET STORES FROM SELLING RABBITS

Buying baby rabbits from pet stores is often an impulse purchase because of the “cuteness” factor. Most purchasers are uneducated as to normal rabbit behaviour and the amount of care that rabbits require.

They are often bought by parents who think rabbits will be easy to look after and will be a good “starter pet” for their children. Quite the contrary!

Rabbits require the same amount of care as a cat or dog. Their image of a cheap child’s pet is financially inaccurate and their complex needs are poorly understood by many who “own” them.

Once the novelty wears off and the rabbit begins to mature, marking territory or chewing electrical cords, they often end up confined to a cage, and forgotten. The outcome for most of these rabbits is that they will be surrendered to pounds or abandoned to the outdoors to fend for themselves, usually after about six months. Sexually mature rabbits can reproduce every 30 days with a litter of 6 – 12 kits. The killing of healthy animals due to lack of space or funds becomes a reality for thousands of rabbits each year or they are often killed by predators or starvation if abandoned outdoors.

In a positive step, Petcetera has recently announced that it will discontinue rabbit sales in all its British Columbia stores by September 1, 2007, in acknowledgement of the crisis proportion of rabbit abandonment to pounds and rescue groups. Rabbit sales will be replaced by a humane society satellite adoption center – an excellent idea worthy of being implemented across the country.

This letter asks Petcetera and other pet stores to stop the sale of rabbits across Canada as a socially responsible business goal to help alleviate the suffering or death of a surplus of healthy rabbits who have been abandoned to backyard cages, pounds or the outdoors.


Sincerely,
(Insert Your Name)
(Insert Your email address)

 

[War_Tepes]

Signed!!!

 

[Pet_Bunny]

I didn't see any rabbits at oneof thePetcetera stores in Edmonton last week.

After signing the petition, I decided to check in on the store today. Four new bunnies were for sale. They were displayed in larger open wire cages, not inthe glass cubby holes along the wall. There were shavings on the floor, with a layer ofhay on top. Alot of effort was made to have good living conditions for the rabbits. Pellet bowls were full and a girl was filling the water bottles and water bowls. I spoke to the girl and found out it was her first day at work but she didn't know anything about rabbits. Wish I brought my camera with me, to show the cuteness factor of a very active lionhead, a very approachable black and white dutch, and two very cute baby holland/mini lops. And the rabbit display was placed at the entrance of the store making the impulsive buying factor very high.

 

[Rusty]

:nicethreadsigned!