about the Energizer Bunny. Total coincidence, I swear. Didn't even
make the connection.
--- In [email protected], "dlochund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I think the group's position on rabbits was most eloquently stated
in
> the photo added to the Misc. folder on April 14.
>
> --- In [email protected], "Ellen"
> <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> >
> > Thought this might be of interest to at least some of you--I'm
just
> > throwing it out there what kind of response it gets.
> >
> >
> > Dear Amy:
> >
> > I live in the South. I save rabbits so they aren't homeless or
> sick.
> > People do not understand that rabbits are like dogs or cats --
they
> > need homes, too.
> >
> > I have made this my mission in life to rescue and save rabbits.
> > Unfortunately it is starting to wear on my family. I have more
than
> > 75 rescued rabbits in our home, and I am trying to start a
> nonprofit
> > foundation to save the rabbits.
> >
> > My marriage has started to suffer. My husband feels like I care
> more
> > about the rabbits than our marriage or children. My 10-year-old
son
> > hates the bunnies and my 17-year-old daughter has moved out to
live
> > with her boyfriend. My husband is threatening to leave and hand
the
> > rabbits and me over to the authorities.
> >
> > I read your column all the time and would appreciate any advice
you
> > can give me.
> >
> >
> > Rabbit Lover
> >
> > If you "rescue" a sick or injured rabbit and that rabbit goes on
to
> > give birth to more rabbits, then dies of illness or injury, the
> > rabbit leaves a family of baby rabbits that wouldn't otherwise
have
> > been born and are now orphaned. If the ill rabbit you rescue has
an
> > illness that it passes on to other rabbits, it could lead to the
> > death of more animals.
> >
> > Seventy-five rabbits in a home is 74 rabbits too many.
> >
> > I read your letter to Randy Frost, a professor at Smith College
in
> > Northampton, Mass., and an expert in animal hoarding. Frost
> outlined
> > the signs of an animal hoarder, and you seem to qualify. "Animal
> > hoarders begin with a mission, but then the rescue takes over and
> > causes a decline in the home and relationships. The hoarder loses
> > sight of just how bad the conditions are. The tipping point is
> > impairment in other aspects of life -- or in the health of the
> > animals," he says.
> >
> > I think you're at your tipping point. You have sacrificed your
own
> > family for these rabbits.
> >
> > Please turn your interest (and your animals) over to a
responsible
> > rescue organization and perhaps volunteer with the organization.
> >
> > Some states have laws dictating the number of animals that can be
> > kept in a home. If authorities come into your home and seize your
> > rabbits, I venture that the outcome for them does not look as
good
> as
> > if you place them with an organization.
> >
> > You should receive a mental health screening. Hoarding can become
> > progressively worse without treatment.
> >
>
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