Thanks for wanting to help save the Buns!
What we do:
We take in abused, neglected, abandoned or unwanted bunnies, and try to find loving permanent new homes for them through a stringent adoption process.
The Harmony House Rabbit Sanctuary is a shelter devoted to keeping bunnies safe, happy and healthy. Our mission is to help people see bunnies for what they are as pets, and treat them with the same love and affection that dogs and cats get. We don’t eat dogs and cats because we know how lovable they can be…well guess what…bunnies are lovie too! It’s true, we have a big white bunny at the shelter that hangs out in the yard with me when I’m doing yardwork, a dutch bunny that sits on my lap at the computer or follows me around the house, a little black dwarf that sits on the couch to watch tv, a beautiful bun that’s blind in one eye and sleeps on the bed with the CATS, and a sassy black satin that rules her territory with an iron fist, but puts her head right down when she wants to be pet, and will return the favor with lots of grooming kisses.
Why do people give up their bunnies?
Lots of people buy bunnies because they’re cute, and that’s not such a bad thing if you’re prepared to offer the bunny a loving and safe environment for the rest of his life. But bunnies need special care to make that life healthy and long. They can live an average of ten years if they’re happy and healthy…sometimes longer!
Sadly, lots of these misunderstood little guys end up in outdoor hutches becoming a lonely neglected chore instead of a happy bouncing family pet. The use of hutches began with rabbit farming (a farmed rabbit doesn’t spend a long life in the hutch that he’s raised in), but pet rabbits will never live happily in a hutch. They get lonely, bored, scared, and yes, depressed. They are EXTREMELY sensitive to heat and cold, and can die in very hot or cold weather.
Some of them are let loose by people who don’t understand that domesticated bunnies can’t survive in the wild. We get phone calls from people who pick bunnies up in their back yards…wild rabbits would never allow that, but a domesticated rabbit doesn’t know any better, and will quickly become prey if left outside.
Some people decide to give up their rabbits if they become aggressive. There are a number of reasons why this could happen. Please read the article on aggressive rabbits to learn more. I hope to soon have a video depicting aggressive behavior, and how it can be solved.