Tell the cottage grove riding club that rabbit cruelty will not be tolerated!

[Blue eyes]

MiniLopHop wrote:

Does anyone have any information about the riding club's responce? Are they going to stop this practice?

I posted about this on another rescue rabbit facebook page. One of the people responding stated this: "The Cottage Grove Riding Club has finally responded to our letters and pleas stating that this is an opportunity to teach our youth on how to care for animals. "

Someone else posted this:

http://www.facebook.com/terri.dick.5Red Barn Rabbit Rescue in Creswell, Oregon is the organization which took the video & initiated campaign to end this "family entertainment event" (OMG)!!!! If you go to their website, http://www.redbarnrabbitrescue.org, scroll down to the bottom of the home page, then click on the picture of the Rodeo Animal Scramble, there's a page devoted to ending this horrendous "event."

 

[katherine at sacred stories]

Has anyone thought of reporting them to the police for gross animal cruelty and contributing to the corruption of minors?

 

[katherine at sacred stories]

I was thinking of writing letters to the officers on their board of directors. Just tried to go to their site to get names and I'm getting "site does not exist." Wonder if that's related to this situation...

 

[katherine at sacred stories]

Sorry, just read Nancy's post about District Attorney. That's a good route. If they getflooded with complaints, they might take it more seriously.

 

[Blue eyes]

katherine at sacred stories wrote:

Just tried to go to their site to get names and I'm getting "site does not exist." Wonder if that's related to this situation...

Huh. I just tried it too and same thing happened. I know I had gone on that site before, when this was first posted. I'm guessing, then, they must've been inundated. I wonder if they'll reconsider or if they just think us "bunny folks" are plain wacky and overboard. If it's true that they claim that this is a valid way to "educate youth on how to care for animals" then they may not change. :?

 

[Blue eyes]

Oh, and yes, the local rescue group exposing this practice stated that the rabbits were specifically bred for this event. :grumpy:

 

[katherine at sacred stories]

I'm going to try calling them tomorrow...to get the names of board of directors...We'll see if their phone is still working.

Blue Eyes--they probably do think we're wacky rabbit people I wonder if there's been any local news coverage. It really IS horrific and if there are people in the world who can be nonchallant about this kind of cruelty--they need some special help to raise their consciousness

 

[Nancy McClelland]

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