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November 2011
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Foster bunny saves girl’s life
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Hoppy Christmas in Sydney
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Myxo campaign 2011
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World Vegan Day, Melbourne
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Summer & your bun
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Lucky bun
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Rabbit fur kicked off stage
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Life at the Do Hop Inn
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Toxic plants for rabbits
 
Foster bunny savesyoung girl’s life twice
17 November 2011 – Central Coast News (US)California - A Seaside girlis still alive and her familycredits their pet rabbit,Hammie. The Hudgensfamily fostered Hammiethrough Rabbit Rescue,but this seven month oldrabbit is very special."It was about two in the morning and I was awoken by athumping and when rabbits thump, it's really loud," saidAundrea Hudgens, Emily's mother. "I didn't register whatthe sound was though. Heard it again and I got up to cometo Emily's room to see what was going on."Aundrea's 14-year-old daughter Emily suffers from typeone diabetes and sometimes her blood sugar plummets atnight. Once Hammie woke Aundrea up, she decided tocheck Emily's sugar level."I checked her blood and it was really low," she said. "Andshe usually wakes up for that but she wasn't awake thistime. She was really pale and sweaty and so it wasactually really dangerous that she didn't wake up. Shecould have died."Once Aundrea was able to treat Emily, Hammie stoppedthumping."It didn't occur to me that he was thumping because of heruntil I checked her blood sugar," she said. "Then I thought,oh my gosh, I wonder if that rabbit knew!"Aundrea said the same thing happened just a few weekslater."Those two times he alerted us that something was wrong,"she said. "I don't know how he could sense it but he did."Research shows rabbits have good hearing and there's achance Hammie heard Emily having issues while sleeping.All we know for sure is this bunny who got a secondchance at life, saved a life, twice.Central Coast News Reporter Katelyn Sykes asked Emily ifshe thought Hammie saved her life. "Yeah, because Iwouldn't have woken up," she said. "I can't remembereither of those two incidents. I didn't know they happeneduntil my mom told me."
Christmas in Sydney
 
Sunday 27 November 2011Myxomatosis Campaign
With summer fast approaching, we need your help toremind Mr Joe Ludwig in Canberra that we still want themyxomatosis vaccine for our bunnies.He may have forgotten our beloved bunnies, but wehaven’t!! You can write, email and send him something toremind him of our bunnies (toy bunny, photo, painting,whatever you like!).Joe’s email –  joe.ludwig@maff.gov.au Write to: The Hon Joe LudwigMinister for Agriculture, Fisheries & ForestryPO Box 6022Parliament HouseCANBERRA ACT 2600
 
 
World Vegan Day
6 November 2011 – http://www.wvd.org.au/  by Karen (BOING/Radical Rabbit)www.boingonline.com www.radicalrabbit.org Nimal and I had a fabulous time at World Vegan Daymeeting lots of people and talking about bunnies as weLOVE to do!World Vegan Day is a yearly event all around the world tocelebrate a cruelty free lifestyle without using animals.The bonus of these days is to highlight the most fabulousand tasty food not containing any animal products. It’s agreat day showing that vegans never miss out on anything.I had TWO of thesefantastic gelatos fromFritz Gelato. YUMMM!Can’t recommend themhighly enough.This year’s World VeganDay, I would say, wasthe most successful Ihave been to.The number of stalls was sensational, the food wasfabulous and the music, art and entertainment was brilliant.If you have a chance to come along to a World Vegan Dayevent next year, please give it a go and enjoy theexperience.You might even see usthere too!
 
Summer & your bun
by Karen (www.boingonline.com)
 
It’s time to start giving your bun a little bit of extra specialattention before summer arrives. There are so manyissues that happen over summer that need to beaddressed to keep your buns happy, healthy & safe duringthe warmer weather.
Moulting
I’m sure many people have noticed their bunny heavilymoulting at the moment. The change of seasons meansyour bunny will need to shed their winter coat. This mayshow as a few small tufts. Sometimes it looks likesomeone has pressed a button and your bun has exploded.When bunnies moult, thisis the danger time whenthey ingest too much furfor their digestive systemto handle.Ensure that you groomyour bunny daily toremove loose fur. Thiscan be just pulling outloose tufts by hand, combing or brushing fur or using anelectric set of clippers to remove long fur from angoras &cashmere buns.Ensure that your bunny has unlimited good quality hay toeat and lots of fresh water to drink at all times.
Calici vaccination
Make sure you keep up to date with your bun’s yearly calicivaccination, particularly if they live outside or play outside.A yearly vaccination against calici at least rules out one ofthe fatal introduced diseases that we can control.Use the yearly vaccination time with your vet to make surethat your bun gets his or her yearly checkup whilst you areat the vet clinic.
Insect proofing
If you have a bunny that lives outside, ensure that you haveinsect proofed all outside enclosures. Myxomatosis is goingto start popping up again in the next few weeks so ensurethat your bun is safe from this fatal contagious disease.Better still…. bring your bun indoors to live with you!
Housing
This is the time when you might want to think aboutbuilding an indoor enclosure for your bun before the hotweather begins. A rabbit will not tolerate hot weather andcan easily die from heat stroke.
Write to Joe Ludwig
 
Take a bit of time this summer to write or email Joe Ludwig.He is the Minister that can sign the paper to provide us witha myxomatosis vaccine for our Australian bunnies.For email & address details for Joe Ludwig, see front page.
 
 
Lucky bunny
 
16 November 2011 -http://www.care2.com 
 
Written by SharonCoughlin of New Jersey(USA)
 I was driving home at 11:30pmone night after working asecond shift.Because we live in a rural area, I usually keep my eyespeeled for animals in or near the roadway. When I turnedonto the hilly, windy road alongside a river, I rounded acorner and thought I saw a white fluffy object alongside theroad.At first I thought it was a rabbit. But why would a rabbit beon the side of the road? Then, I reasoned that it must besomeone’s cat. Since it wasn’t moving, I thought it musthave been hit by a car. I quickly debated whether or not Ishould stop. I knew the sight of an injured or dead animalwould bother me a lot so I drove past. But, somethinginside me twinged. If the animal was still alive and I had notstopped for it, I could never forgive myself, so I turned thecar around in a nearby driveway and went back.I made a U-turn and slowly drove up to the white fluffyobject. My headlights shone on it. It did not move. I pulledoff to the side of road and got out of the car.It was a rabbit! A tan and white rabbit. It was just sittingthere, apparently uninjured, looking terrified. I loveanimals, but knew little about rabbits. I wasn’t sure how topick it up or how it would react, but I knew I had to rescuethe little guy.I put my hands around its middle to try to pick it up. His furwas soft and he stretched and slid out of my grasp.Instead of running towards the shrubs near the river, heturned and hopped into the road. I looked to see if anycars were coming and prayed, “God please help me tocatch this rabbit!”I quickly went up to the rabbit and scooped him up. I gotback into the car and held him on my lap, while driving therest of the way home.The next day, I went back to the area where I found himand knocked on some doors. I could not keep him if he wassomeone’s pet.One person I spoke with said her daughter had also seenthe rabbit on the side of the road last night. She hadwanted to stop, but didn’t. The daughter had then askedher to go with her to find the rabbit, but the mother haddeclined, saying it was too dark out and would be difficult tofind him.I did eventually find the owner. She said the rabbit hadapparently gotten out of his hutch. She felt her childrenwere not paying enough attention to the rabbit and asked ifI wanted to keep him. Of course, I said yes! So, nowBeasley resides at our house as a house rabbit, inside ourhome, warm and safe.
Protestors win!Rabbit fur gets the boot
9 September 2011 – PETA AustraliaAfter PETA Australia members took to the runway during aMelbourne Spring Fashion Week show, the show'sorganizers decided to pull all fur from the remaining shows.No doubt worried that more protests would soon follow,Fashion Week organizers directed furry Royal MelbourneInstitute of Technology student designer Molly Herben toremove the rabbit fur pieces from her show before they hitthe runway.Another designer, Jack Loder, who had planned to showdresses made of impala fur and leather and trimmed withexotic feathers, also pulled his designs.''As they stormed the catwalk, I thought, 'What does thismean for my work?''' said Loder. ''I spoke to [Fashion Weekofficials] the next morning and we agreed straight away: it'sbest if we just take it down.''While members of PETA and our affiliates continue toeducate the fashion industry via their own runways, youcan help crush the cruel fur industry's profits by refusing tobuy or wear
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