Abandoned

The story of an abandoned English Angora
These are NOT my rabbits!!

"Abandoned doe....the face of sadness"
She is extremely dirty, full of mats and massive balls of dirt. Her one eye is bothering her because of this.

This is one of three English Angora's that were abandoned at a food bank in my area. The humane society contacted me and asked if I would help clean them up. The poor bunnies had been unconscionably discarded in a card board box that held no food, and no water. They were not found for two days. My inherent love for bunnies would not allow me to leave them in their present condition so I consented to take them home for a clean up. This is a prime example of what happens to these poor creatures when they fall into the hands of people who mindlessly breed, breed, breed for all the wrong reasons.

This is a shot of behind the neck..very dirty, full of wool mite and matted to the skin. The skin area is grimy with food, hay, dirt and wool mite. This poor doe is so dirty, she smells dirty, and she has all kinds of "things" stuck in her wool.

This is the doe's butt area. The wool is severely matted to the skin and pulling or blowing into the coat, does not reveal any skin. Deplorable condition. I cannot even get the wool to move on her skin. This doe is imprisoned in her own wool.

The belly, legs and feet are severely matted, and dirty. It is going to take hours to clean her up.

A side shot. Her coat looks ok but, trust me, you cannot move it at all and she is imprisoned in her own wool. The wool has become hardened to the skin. Below is the little black tort buck that I cleaned up.

An English angora rabbit requires a high level of care, and all potential purchasers should be made aware of this. They should never be sold for a token price of $25.00. I strongly advocate a 3-4 hundred dollar price tag to help prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. This type of rabbit should never be purchased whimsically because a spur of the moment purchase will surely end badly for the bunny when the purchaser discovers the intensive care requirements of this breed of rabbits. At HHR, our breedings are carefully planned to avoid saturating the world with more unwanted animals. Remember, when you get tired of the bunny, it's the bunny who pays the price of neglect and abandonment. If you're not breeding for the right reasons, .... don't breed at all! The fate of this poor bunny is the reason why, we, at HHR, screen all purchasers. On to the clean up....page 2

"Breeding for shows is acceptable, since this type of activity focuses on improving the breed in order to achieve overall excellence. Breeding for wool production is purposeful. Breeding just to have a litter of cute babies is unscrupulous. Breeding to expose children to the miracle of birth is unconscionable, since most of these poor animals will end up in shelters where they will experience the miracle of death. There are very few suitable homes for these care intensive rabbits & here at HHR, we do not breed to accommodate sales. We receive numerous sales inquiries, however, our sales are minimal, but the homes that have our bunnies are awesome, because at HHR, we look you over too."

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