Caz
Mama Doe
When I was at the rescue this weekend I was told about RSPCA animal holding centres.
Apparently they are large centres not open to the public where animals are kept before a suitable place in a rescue or rehoming centre can be found.
I had no idea these existed!
According to the peeps in rescue when they have spaces free they go to their nearest centre (there is one in Norfolk) and choose bunnies to take for rehoming. It is "like a sweet shop" in a horrible way as you can literally pick and choose what you fancy because there are so many.
They said if I didn't think any of the rabbits they had in at that time were suitable I could leave them a checklist and they would probably be able to find a rabbit to suit my needs pretty quickly.
What a sad statement on our society that a place like that exists! I have this awful vision (probably far from the truth) of animals stacked in pens and cages like in a warehouse or supermarket because of our "disposable" lives where we just discard something like a living creature when we have no more use for it.
On the plus side the people at the rescue have worked hard to raise the status of rabbits within the RSPCA and have been heavily involved in the new rabbit RSPCA leaflet soon to be available. They are also responsible for the design of decent sized rabbit pens available as modular set-ups for rescues and fosterers and these have been installed in several local RSPCA centres.
Since Sunday I just can't get my image of a holding centre out of my head !
Caz
Apparently they are large centres not open to the public where animals are kept before a suitable place in a rescue or rehoming centre can be found.
I had no idea these existed!
According to the peeps in rescue when they have spaces free they go to their nearest centre (there is one in Norfolk) and choose bunnies to take for rehoming. It is "like a sweet shop" in a horrible way as you can literally pick and choose what you fancy because there are so many.
They said if I didn't think any of the rabbits they had in at that time were suitable I could leave them a checklist and they would probably be able to find a rabbit to suit my needs pretty quickly.
What a sad statement on our society that a place like that exists! I have this awful vision (probably far from the truth) of animals stacked in pens and cages like in a warehouse or supermarket because of our "disposable" lives where we just discard something like a living creature when we have no more use for it.
On the plus side the people at the rescue have worked hard to raise the status of rabbits within the RSPCA and have been heavily involved in the new rabbit RSPCA leaflet soon to be available. They are also responsible for the design of decent sized rabbit pens available as modular set-ups for rescues and fosterers and these have been installed in several local RSPCA centres.
Since Sunday I just can't get my image of a holding centre out of my head !
Caz