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Rescues, re- introduce yourselves.

I glad this was a good idea- but there are still other rescues and sanctuaries who haven't joined in.
We should all be on here, the well known and the unknown, and any rescue in between.
 
Anyone else?

I think Angie from BARC is away for a couple of days

What about Becky from RSPCA Walsall?
 
I know there are many more rescues on here- Brinsley, Rainbow rabbits, Greenleaf and probably some we don't know about.
I think it's good for people to know who is around and what they do.:D
 
Hi ,:wave:

myself and my sister Tracey(mopsmum) run the rabbit and other small animal section of barc ..or Barnsley animal rescue charity .

Its quite a large rescue that also has dogs , cats , some birds and bit of wildlife at times ..

We have kennels and a cattery and aviaries ...but the rabbits and piggies etc are cared for by Tracey and myself at our homes . We also have a good team of bunny and piggie fosterers .

The charity has a non destruct policy and gives priority to animals who are in danger of being pts.

As far as rabbits and piggies are concerned we take in a lot that other local rescues avoid eg the ones with behaviour probs .
We are often asked to take in rabbits from the rspca but most come to us via vets or as strays.

We neuter , worm and vaccinate rabbits berfore being rehomed . Any rabbit with illness or injury will be nursed back to health before being rehomed ..if it cant be rehomed it will stay with us .

barc has 5 charity shops which we rely on for funding our work and we also do fundraising to help with costs .

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Hi,
I'm Louise and I run Hopper Haven with help from Caroline (BB Mommy) and various other volunteers. Hopper Haven is a sanctuary for rabbits and guinea pigs. We rehomed until 2010 but now all animals are with us for life. All our rabbits (114 at present) have their own large hutch or shed with its own run, or a stable in the barn. The smallest run is 6ft by 6ft; most are much bigger than that. We have lots of elderly and chronicly ill residents and lots who came to us due to aggression issues. Here they all live full and active lives with both loving companions to snuggle with and enemy neighbours to argue with. (Except those who would attack their partners if they see an enemy and have to be kept segregated to preserve their bonds. We have five such pairs:evil: And Bo, who seems to think she is a pitbull:?)

We are a registered charity and pay for feed, bedding and veterinary care from sponsorship and other donations, and from boarding. Sponsors are welcome to visit on Saturday afternoons throughout the year.

I don't have time to post on RU very often any more, but it was on this forum that I gained the confidence to start Hopper Haven back in Jan 2006.
 
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Anyone else?

I think Angie from BARC is away for a couple of days

What about Becky from RSPCA Walsall?

I feel special Theo ;) I haven't been around much, its been absolutely manic here :cry:

I'm Becky, and im a trustee, and the welfare co-ordinator for RSPCA Walsall. We are a small, independent RSPCA branch run by a small group of volunteers, we recieve no funding from the National RSPCA, all money spent by us in the Walsall area has to be raised by us. We have 13 fosterers and a committee of 8 trustees, plus lots of lovely people who help with fundraising events. We have no animal centre, all of our animals are cared for in foster homes. All of our rabbits are housed in 6x2x2ft hutches and piggies are housed in 5x2x2ft hutches, all the animals have access to 6x4x2ft runs.

We generally have around 35 rabbits in our care. We have a no PTS policy, every animal stays with us until they find their forever home (Pistachio bunny has just found his forever home after being with us 2.5 years) :love: We have several bunnies in our care who can't be rehomed to normal homes, so will stay with us forever in foster care. 90% of our rabbits are brought to us via Inspectors, through cruelty cases/abandonments/strays. We do try and help with the large rescue cases on and off the forum where we can, but as we all know spaces are so limited :(

We neuter, fully vaccinate and worm all rabbits before rehoming and all homes are home checked prior to members of the public meeting the animals.

People have different views on the RSPCA, and i appreciate the main RSPCA can be a pain in the bum, but we really try hard here at the branch. We are known as the 'rabbit' RSPCA branch by many other RSPCA branches close to us :) We will always help when and where we can x
 
I run Underhill Rabbit rescue in Wolverhampton, we're not a massive rescue we only have the room for around 20 rescues at any one time, but I work full time and think that is about my limit to ensure they all have a good care. We have been running about 6/7 years (not too sure when I exactly started) and it was tremendously hard to start with, now I have built it into my day to day life and find everything runs a smoothly.

I neuter and vaccinated every bunny that comes in and I also home check each new home, I very rarely rehome outside the West Midlands unless it's very special circumstances. I am fortunate enough to have built up a good following in and around Wolves which means I get a lot of word of mouth homes and people coming back to adopt bunnies.

There is a pictures of my rescue here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.36409128764.57207.702318764&type=3&l=cdd42284be as you can imagine my neighbours love me :oops::lol: All my hutches are built inside walk in runs so all bunnies have access to their own run, the smallest we have are 6 foot by 6.5 ft, the reason being some bunnies are with us for some time while they wait for their new home and I like them to have what would be a "home" type setting while they wait :D
 
I started Acomb Rabbit Rescue in February. I only have 8 pens, with 12 rabbits in right now. I fostered for Bunny Burrows for a year before starting.

All buns are neutered and vaccinated, and I home check. The bun shed has four 6x3 pens with permanent runs, two 6x3 and two 7x3. The outbuilding has three 8x3 pens with separate runs, and the utility room has one 6x2 hutch with a 6x5 pen and a separate run.

I'm not very well known yet as I've only recently started, so I need to crack on with fundraising and getting the name known in York and surrounding areas.

I may be small, but every little helps! :D
 
Steve and I run Rainbow Rabbits Retirement Home, which as the name suggests is a home for elderly and specific special needs bunnies.

We take in rabbits which are nearing the end of their lives, either naturally through old age or have a a life limiting illness or disability.

I started having rabbits as an adult around 13 years ago and because we didn't have children naturally started taking in rabbits that were not really suitable for a "normal" family situation. In early 2007 we decided that we were only going to take in elderly or special needs bunnies and we went public with what we were doing towards the end of 2007.

For the first year we carried on quietly with some interest in our Retirement Home but not a large amount. But then a very special rabbit came along and all of a sudden things changed dramatically. Everyone fell in love with Super Timmy and things literally went crazy. We were being asked to take bunnies in constantly and everyone seemed to know who we were and were getting in touch. We tried so hard to not let down anyone or any bun but it got to the point where we had nearly 45 bunnies and even had to set up a waiting list. Which broke our hearts as rabbits were dying as they waited for a place with us. We became exhausted so we decided things would have to change at Rainbow Rabbits.

Approx 18 months ago we decided to make our criteria a lot tighter and reduce the numbers of rabbits we had here, naturally, so that we could make sure that only those in most serious need came to us and in return that we could give them more love and attention . So we now only take in rabbits over the age of 7 years or those with an illness or disability that will significantly shorten their life expectancy. Many of the rabbits that come here are terminally ill. We currently have 24 rabbits and we want it to remain around this number, as when you have rabbits like Trevor they need constant care and attention, which is really time consuming but wonderful :love:

It is really important to us that each bunny has here what they would have in a "normal" family environment. Rainbow Rabbits is very much a home for bunnies. They are part of our family and live along side us, so if they want to sit on the sofa and watch Tv with us or lie on our bed they can :love: We try our best to give them the very best of everything, we always have some project on the go to try to improve their lives. We are currently building some new aviaries and have already had some purpose build indoor cages made that are specifically for rabbits with mobility problems. Hopefully now we have less rabbit here we will be able to afford nice hays and toys for them instead of having to rely on people sending things in for the bunnies :D

We have no expert knowledge or specialist care, what we know we have learnt from each and every bunny that we have had the privileged to care for. We have an excellent group of vets just a two minute walk from the house. They are very open to suggestions and often consult with specialists vets around the country for their opinion without our rabbits needing to travel, which given their age and health is fantastic. Steve and I run Rainbow Rabbits equally and neither of us could do it with out the other. We each have our own roles but all decisions for the bunnies are made together. We have no volunteers or help of any kind

We pay for a lot of the rabbit vet care and all the food and accommodation bills ourselves. Our main source of financial help is from rabbit sponsorships and one off donations. Despite what people think we are not well known. We are only on this forum and have our FB group and some people come across our always out of date website! No-one knows us locally and we generally keep ourselves to ourselves as the bunnies take up so much of our time and we are unable to leave them as things can change so quickly here.

As we like to give something back to those that help us help our bunnies, we also offer advice via email or phone to people who have questions about the day to day care of looking after elderly or special needs bunny. I will never give medical advice but will either try to find someone a good vet in their area or help them with questions to ask at their own vet. Steve does help out with bunny runs for rescues when he has the time and we can afford the petrol costs, but sadly this isn't very often at the moment.
 
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Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care

My wife Feona & I run Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care in Glasgow, covering a very wide area of West Central Scotland.

When we started the rescue, in December 2010, our landlord wouldn't allow us to have any more rabbits other than our 3 pets, but we saw there was such a massive gap in our area for rabbit rescue and still wanted to do something. So we setup as a Foster based rescue - relying on foster families only to care for the rabbits Feona & I focussed on rescuing & rehoming activities only.

We were the first rabbit dedicated charity in Scotland, gaining our charity status in Nov 2011.

We have since moved into our own property this summer and we're in the process of building a series of environments to allow us to care for some of the rescues too. Our foster network will still be our priority as we feel the benefit of the rabbits gaining more focussed care within a fostered environment prepares them better for successful rehoming. It has its challenges too though, not least it limiting the ability for adopters to meet some of the rabbits.

We now have over 20 foster carers (a growing number), covering around 7 local authority areas throughout central Scotland. We've had a lot of successful rehomings recently so are down to around 40+ rabbits in the network but this will increase again as foster carers return from summer breaks. Our capacity is closer to 80 rabbits, but not sure we'll be able to fill up due to finances.

As well as the rescue we have a very active education & awareness programme, and an additional team of volunteers help manage fundraising & awareness events where we attend local galas, community and agricultural shows, etc. At our events we have rabbits for handling which gives us an opportunity to talk about rabbit welfare and we run various fundraising activities.

Our big events this year were a stall at The Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh in June, and at LovePets Scotland in September.

This year we also launched our educational talks - visiting schools, nurseries and local youth groups to do an interactive learning session on rabbit welfare. We've inky done a few so far, but these seem to be working very well.

So it keeps us busy! Feona recently left her job as a nursery nurse to focus on the charity, but I still carry on my day job as an IT consultant. So we really wouldn't be able to do this without our excellent teams of foster carers and volunteers - they make my crazy ideas and plans turn into a working rescue service! Huge thanks to all of them.
 
Wow this is wonderful, the stories brought a tear to my eye.

Half penny - I am in Aberdeen. Will be moving to Inverurie next year. Do you do visits?
 
We do not generally open to the public as we both work and spend the rest if the time clearing up after the animals. We do have an open day at the end of July, usually, but if you give me a shout we can always try to arrange a visit at a weekend.
 
The Society for Abandoned Animals, Manchester.

Hi! :wave:

I work at the Society for Abandoned Animals (SAA) in Manchester, which is a relatively small rescue centre based along the canal between Stretford and Sale. We pride ourselves on providing the public with thorough information regarding cat, dog and rabbit care, and are very in depth when it comes to homechecks and where our animals go- they deserve the very best, after all!

I am a senior rabbit advisor (pretty good title, don't you think?! :p), and help people consider if a rabbit really is the right pet for them- I drum it into adopters that they are a huge commitment and have many needs, but are wonderful companions if those needs are met accordingly. I also help the public with the adoption process and highlight our policies for rehoming, which includes the RWAF minimum hutch requirements, and the rule that single bunnies can only be rehomed as house bunnies, due them needing company outdoors. I also conduct homechecks and am one of the main bonding people :)

Anyway, enough about me, here's some more background about the charity itself:

It was founded by one lady, Peggy Henderson, and has since grown and has 3 dog kennels, 14 cat rehoming pens and 14 rabbit rehoming pens. We also have cat and rabbit quarantine areas. All of our animals are health checked, microchipped, vaccinated, wormed and flea'd (wellm the latter doesn't apply to buns...) before they go and we highlight the fact that animals are family members, not disposable items!!

We also offer bunny boarding facilities and bonding, and have a wide range of animals to suit anybody and everybody- they're all beautiful in their own ways :wave:

Right, I've waffled on enough now, but felt I should introduce the SAA, which is such a wonderful shelter and a charity very close to my heart :thumb:
 
Greenleaf Animal Rescue ( Registered Charity 1143007)

Greenleaf Animal Rescue became a registered charity in July 2011.

Our website is www.greenleafanimalrescue.org.uk

We have been operating as a company since 02/11/2010 but became a registered charity on 21 July 2011. Prior to this we had been rescuing and rehoming animals on a small scale and were personally funding everything.

One thing we observed whilst rescuing is that many of the animals we took in required ongoing or even lifelong treatment. The decision was made that we would have a no kill policy. This meant that our vet bills immediately started to escalate. Some months the bunnies alone would cost £1600 on routine treatments. At the time this was alot- especially since we were personally funding the rescue with our own money.

As time has moved on we moved from just rescuing the smaller animals to rescuing larger animals particularly dogs on death row. The dogs we rescue are from UK pounds where they have 7 days before they are put to sleep. We intervene and pay a fee to take the dog to safety and then either house at one of our sanctuaries, in foster care or in emergency boarding kennels. The cost of kennelling can range from £6-£18 a day depending on area and requirements. We have several dogs in kennels at the moment in need of foster and many animals on our website in need of homes. We work both with the pound and pound helpers and have in excess of 100+ dogs at any one time that need of rescue space or new homes.

Along with the day to day running of the rescue- we also manage events coordination and fundraising. This is something we have only started to do recently and has required alot of time, energy and money. The funds raised go towards helping the animals. Many days see several hundred pounds coming out of the charity account. Some of our costs includes things like transport runs to get dogs to safety, neutering costs, vaccination costs, vet checks, xray costs, medicines, routine treatments like flea and wormer and microchipping, fundraising equipment, phone costs, stall fees, advertising costs and so on.

Each day we receive enquires regarding people in desperate need of help. The enquires come from people in all walks of life and all in urgent need of assistance. We have no limit to the number of animals that we will help, and are solely limited by funds. This pushes forward our fundraising operation as we seek to aid more of the general public. We have also been contacted to assist housing associations, churches, and other organisations who have abandoned animals or animals in distress and need rescue space to be secured.

We seek to help other rescue organisations as much as possible and are thankful for the support and rescue spaces we receive when funds are limited. We recently transported two cats from west yorkshire to cornwall as the owner was moving into a flat where pets were not accepted and these cats would have been made homeless or put to sleep. Today we released a husky from the pound who was under a year old. We are paying for transport from west yorkshire to Redcar to get him to a safe foster home.

This year we have found it difficult to manage to influx of enquires, and are in the process of creating an IT system that will help manage this. We are always in need of volunteers to help with assessing animals, homechecking, fostering, dog walking, advertising animals locally with our materials, people to host awareness days and events, sharing of animals on facebook and other social media. If you would like to help the charity with any of these aspects- please visit www.greenleafanimalrescue.org.uk and make an enquiry.

As we have grown, we have taken on volunteers to help with all aspects of the rescue. We also have people hosting events for us to raise funds and this has helped us immensely with our high running costs. We have been invited to attend an event in south yorkshire this year on the 25th 2012 between 11am -4pm. This is a family fun day at the Dome in Doncaster which anyone is welcome to attend. It will be a great day with many other charities attending.

If you would like to follow what we are doing on a day to day basis -please visit www.facebook/greenleafanimalrescue
We now receive generous donations from members of the public and are truly grateful for the on-going support.

If you are a rescue and would like to join our rescue network- please submit details of your rescue and animals you are able to help or have space for via our enquiry form. Once logged into our network you will be able to see animals in urgent need of rescue space. All rescues are vetted prior to being accepted.

Thanks for posting this thread Halfpenny. Between caring for the animals and co-ordinating rehoming, transport, staff and events i have very little time to post on here. If anyone is interested volunteering to post our rabbits on rabbit rehome and on the forum for rehoming- please contact us. We have several rabbits in rescue that have been here for far too long and really deserve to be in their forever home.

To apply to help with fundraising or events- please visit www.pcfr.org.uk

Jane x
Volunteer
 
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I'm Small Animal Rehoming Co-ordinator @ Macclesfield, SE Cheshire & Buxton branch of the Rspca. There are plenty of preformed misconceptions regarding the charity as a whole, but we run no differently to any other rescue on here. We are self funding, volunteer-run & operate as an independent rescue, acting within the rules, regulations and guidelines of the National society. All the rabbits are neutered, vaccinated and microchipped prior to being rehomed, and a home visit is carried out - our minimum housing requirement is a 6 x 2ft hutch and a 6 x 4ft run. We take in roughly a 50/50 split of rabbits in via Inspectors, and rabbits from the public. We dont have an animal centre & operate using foster homes and we rent boarding space also. I am absolutely animal mad, so to have the ability to change the lives of so many rabbits, despite having to work so hard (I have a full time job as well), for me personally is amazing.
 
I work for Furry Friends Animal Rescue, which is a home run rescue - established in 1999. There are only two of us at Furry Friends, Emma who owns the rescue in Old Coulsdon, and myself in Caterham. Emma takes in the dogs, ferrets, cats, terrapins and small animals. I also take in some dogs and all of the rabbits and some small animals. We generally only take death row animals, those in danger, or those less likely to get offered rescue space e.g. due to colour, breed or behavioural/medical issues.

We are not paid for what we do and rely solely on donations to run.

www.facebook.com/animalrescue2
www.furryfriendsrescue.co.uk
 
Rhydowen Rodent Refuge

Hi :wave:

I don't post here much but do lurk and use the forums for advice. I also recommend the forums and there is a link on the rescue website.

Rhydowen Rodent Refuge is a small home based rescue run primarily by myself with the help of my partner and a few foster carers. The rescue name came about in 2008 when we helped take in nearly 100 mice from a large rescue case. Prior to this we had fostered degus on behalf of another rescue and had taken in rats and found them homes. After finally buying our own home and being settled we felt able to take things to the next step.

We primarily take in rats and degus but also other small rodents, currently including guinea pigs, gerbils and mice. We are increasingly getting asked to take in rabbits but can only do so in emergencies and/or when we have a foster carer to take them as we don't currently have suitable long term set ups for rabbits.

We don't have animals put to sleep unless under the advice of a vet and even then it is a carefully thought through decision. We have a fab vet for routine treatment and surgery and a specialist exotics vet for any thing out of the ordinary.

The rescue is entirely self funded and myself and my partner work full time to keep it going. We do get some donations upon adoption but don't insist or have adoption fees. We have appealed for help on one occasion to help with the spaying and dental treatment of two abandoned rabbits. We aren't often able to take in rabbits but when we do they are spayed and vaccinated prior to adoption. Adoption involves an extensive adoption questionnaire (can be seen on the website under the "adopting" section ~ link in signature) followed by a homecheck.

We have our own resident bunny pair which includes a rather flighty wild cross girl called Hedgehog, who we have to work hard to keep happy as she has tasted freedom and likes to remind us!

ETA: forgot to add that we have two female bunnies in rescue at the moment that were found abandoned. One is in foster care near Cardiff and the other is reserved pending a homecheck.
 
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