My sisters work at a birds of prey rehabilitation center. Recently the local 4-H club offered them some rabbits to feed to the birds. The rehab center turned them down.
Now I had always thought the 4-H club was an animal lover's thing. As I did some background research to write a complait to the organization, I realized this may not be the case.
This is copy/pasted from the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program...
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Community Service Ideas: 1. Provide displays of bunnies for special community activities, such as pet fairs, grand openings for public buildings, etc.
2. Furnish rabbit barbeque for special community activities.
3. Have a method demonstration on how community organizations could prepare and use the pelts and feet for arts and crafts projects.
4. Provide rabbits and instruction on their proper care for day school, kindergartens, and other places where young children, mentally-retarded, or senior citizens are involved.
5. Using rabbits as examples, demonstrate the importance of:
a. Cleanliness and sanitation promotes healthy environments.
b. Sick individuals should be isolated and treated.
c. Care for the young by having proper equipment and attention at birth.
d. Clean water and feed along with regular attention results in healthy animals.
6. Promote compliance with city ordinances and regulations.
7. Supply rabbits to a local hospital or research lab.
8. Supply rabbit meat for persons on a special diet.
9. Supply rabbit manure for community gardens, nursing home gardens, or gardens of elderly.
10. Provide earthworms for senior citizens to use for fishing.
11. Provide rabbits for community fund-raising activities.
12. Work with the humane society or the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and provide information about proper shelter, feeding, and caring for rabbits.
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/rabbits.html
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I personally, am appalled. I always had this image of children raising animals - pet animals! But I guess I was wrong.
Now I had always thought the 4-H club was an animal lover's thing. As I did some background research to write a complait to the organization, I realized this may not be the case.
This is copy/pasted from the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program...
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Community Service Ideas: 1. Provide displays of bunnies for special community activities, such as pet fairs, grand openings for public buildings, etc.
2. Furnish rabbit barbeque for special community activities.
3. Have a method demonstration on how community organizations could prepare and use the pelts and feet for arts and crafts projects.
4. Provide rabbits and instruction on their proper care for day school, kindergartens, and other places where young children, mentally-retarded, or senior citizens are involved.
5. Using rabbits as examples, demonstrate the importance of:
a. Cleanliness and sanitation promotes healthy environments.
b. Sick individuals should be isolated and treated.
c. Care for the young by having proper equipment and attention at birth.
d. Clean water and feed along with regular attention results in healthy animals.
6. Promote compliance with city ordinances and regulations.
7. Supply rabbits to a local hospital or research lab.
8. Supply rabbit meat for persons on a special diet.
9. Supply rabbit manure for community gardens, nursing home gardens, or gardens of elderly.
10. Provide earthworms for senior citizens to use for fishing.
11. Provide rabbits for community fund-raising activities.
12. Work with the humane society or the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and provide information about proper shelter, feeding, and caring for rabbits.
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/rabbits.html
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I personally, am appalled. I always had this image of children raising animals - pet animals! But I guess I was wrong.