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Domestic rabbits don't belong in the wild
Tracking and advocating for abandoned pet rabbits & their feral offspring.
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Letting a pet rabbit go isn’t setting them free.
What looks like freedom is a short, hard life for a pet rabbit. Most dumped pet rabbits die within weeks, and those who survive start colonies that keep growing.
Domestic rabbits are bred to live with people
Generations of breeding have changed them, down to their brains, which are built differently from a wild rabbit’s.
Read moreOutside, nothing protects them
Predators, cars, injury and disease, with no shelter and no vet to treat them when something goes wrong.
Read moreIt’s not only cruel, it’s illegal.
Dumping your pet is a crime under Canada’s Criminal Code and an offence under BC’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Most US states outlaw it too.
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Not just a problem for the rabbits
University of Victoria, BC
1,400–2,000 rabbits
Abandoned pets grew into an estimated 1,400 to 2,000 rabbits on campus. Clearing them took two years and more than 900 relocations.
Canmore, Alberta
$381,000 cull
A colony traced to about a dozen released rabbits. Trapping and killing around 1,275 of them cost roughly $381,000, and the rabbits are still there.
Vancouver Airport, BC
A risk to airfield safety
Feral rabbits around the runways draw in predators. In 2021 the airport hired a contractor to shoot them, then suspended the cull after a public outcry.
Together we've rescued over 400 abandoned rabbits
Found an abandoned pet or feral rabbit?
Please report all sightings of loose pet and feral rabbits. We rely on you to advocate for abandoned rabbits around the globe.