You were VERY lucky. My 'special needs' bunnies were unlawfully seized last July, and Buster, Paddington, Pippa and Marmalade all pts before even discussing with me, to end their suffering!!
Actually 3 of my buns were adopted from the RSPCA, following home checks, references being provided from other rescues I had adopted from, and a reference from my vet. I wasn't even given the chance to get the folder from the kitchen that contained all the adoption paperwork, clearly detailing the disabilities they had been adopted to me with, vaccination certificates, insurance policies and microchip paperwork.
It was 8 months ago and I still struggle with my losses and am now prosecuting them. My other house bunnies were returned to me exactly 6 weeks later, I wasn't prosecuted or had any action taken against me, and an independant vet ruled that there was no justification for killing my much loved pets.
I hate the Inspector from Coventry with a passion and hope to god I don't ever run into her, because I think I would be up on an assult charge, and I wish her the most miserable existence ever with all the bad luck in the world, and I can't wait to give evidence against her in court later this year. I'm not going to break down in tears or anything because this will be my opportunity to totally destroy her, and then publicly slaughter her through the media.
She lied to me constantly about them all being well looked after, and I didn't even find out that the 4 were dead, until my Solicitor, was arranging for me to visit them to check on their well-being.
Out of the 5 rabbits returned to me, 4 were in a really bad way. Bodger (rspca adopted bun) never recovered from the experience and died shortly after. Violet, my blind little lionhead had been placed in a terrifying position, whereby she was attacked by another rabbit, and was returned to me with a really bad eye injury, and she may well loose the eye later this month, because it has never healed and would cause her pain, if it weren't for daily pain meds. Interestingly, because they love to prosecute people for not seeking veterinary treatment for pets, Violet wasn't seen by a vet either, and my vet is of the opinion that if she had received prompt veterinary treatment, the prognosis for her eye would have been much more favourable. Upon seeing Violet when she was returned and becoming really upset, the same Inspector advised me that there was nothing wrong with her, and it was just the way her fur was laying!! Think I forgot to say that she also had a bad bite to her nose and a chunk of her left ear missing.
We know for sure just how badly my rabbits were neglected and treated by the rspca, because all veterinary and boarding records were seized by my Solicitor, and as all the 'distress', dramatic weight loss (Violet), and Scooter my splay leg bun has numerous entries of him being 'covered in wee and poo', even though I phoned and emailed on numerous occassions to keep reminding them of the importence of keeping him clean.
I would strongly advise you that if you are contacted by them or they turn up at your house, that you don't let them in, because you could very easily end up in the same devastating situation as myself.
We all know how terribly heart-breaking it is loosing a much loved pet to an illness or injury, but loosing 5 much loved pets for absolutely no reason at all, has almost totally destroyed me, and I can't see a way of ever recovering from this.