The Duchess
Wise Old Thumper
When the news of the Horsford rabbits went live earlier in the week I felt I had to act to raise awareness of their situation and also that of PACT, the local rescue to the site, that had been left to pick up the pieces from the horrendous situation.
I am so pleased to see how people have gotten together to assist, but something is troubling me just a bit, that we must not forget the other rabbit rescues in the UK, that day in day out go about their work and deal with the abused and unwanted rabbits and are often stretched to breaking point with regard to resources and volunteers.
This is not the first time that a rescue or a group of rescues have worked to help large numbers of animals. For example, so many people offered help for the Lymington 68 and many took rabbits for us without any help or funding over and above what they would normally recieve from their supporters. But in any event, rescues work tirelessly and with little resource all the time.
I am mindful that while we all try and help immediately with the high numbers of rabbits needing assistance all in one go and all in one rescue i.e. Horsford/PACT, we must not forget the rescues who have a daily struggle and that get no 'air time' and little help from strangers to raise funds.
For me, I hope that this Horsford sitatuation can help to make more people aware of the dire state of rabbit welfare in the UK and as a knock on effect many more people will get involved in all areas of rabbit rescue, not just the ones that get highlighted. This is where I am going to focus my efforts - the campaigning.
I do hope that other rescues haven't suffered from diversion of funds and energy for the one casue in the last week, and that long term, more people get involved with more rescues and do more good.
So my message is, please don't forget all of the work that all of the rescues do, often unsung, across the UK. And, please don't stop trying to make lives for rabbits better, in particular when all of this recent coverage of Horsford dies down.
Rabbits everywhere will always need our help so please keep up the good work.
Helen
I am so pleased to see how people have gotten together to assist, but something is troubling me just a bit, that we must not forget the other rabbit rescues in the UK, that day in day out go about their work and deal with the abused and unwanted rabbits and are often stretched to breaking point with regard to resources and volunteers.
This is not the first time that a rescue or a group of rescues have worked to help large numbers of animals. For example, so many people offered help for the Lymington 68 and many took rabbits for us without any help or funding over and above what they would normally recieve from their supporters. But in any event, rescues work tirelessly and with little resource all the time.
I am mindful that while we all try and help immediately with the high numbers of rabbits needing assistance all in one go and all in one rescue i.e. Horsford/PACT, we must not forget the rescues who have a daily struggle and that get no 'air time' and little help from strangers to raise funds.
For me, I hope that this Horsford sitatuation can help to make more people aware of the dire state of rabbit welfare in the UK and as a knock on effect many more people will get involved in all areas of rabbit rescue, not just the ones that get highlighted. This is where I am going to focus my efforts - the campaigning.
I do hope that other rescues haven't suffered from diversion of funds and energy for the one casue in the last week, and that long term, more people get involved with more rescues and do more good.
So my message is, please don't forget all of the work that all of the rescues do, often unsung, across the UK. And, please don't stop trying to make lives for rabbits better, in particular when all of this recent coverage of Horsford dies down.
Rabbits everywhere will always need our help so please keep up the good work.
Helen
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