Update on rabbit cruelty case

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Hi everyone,

 

Thanks so very much for all of the calls and words of support for the

rabbits who House Rabbit Society and East Bay Animal Advocates

volunteers pulled out of a terrible cruelty situation ... over thirty

rabbits were rescued from a feces- and corpse-filled yard.

 

As an update, all rabbits remaining at Hayward Animals Services will be

transferred into HRS's care by Friday, May 27. All of the rabbits need

veterinary care, from tumor and abscess removal to treatment of

infections to spays and neuters. Donations for their medical care are

urgently needed! Please visit

http://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/hayward_rabbits.html for more

information and to donate to the medical fund.

 

The Alameda County District Attorney's office is scheduled to receive

the rabbit cruelty case during the week of June 1. Please contact

Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff and politely urge him to

seek jail time for the abusers, and more importantly, mental health

counseling and permanent prohibition from keeping animals.

 

Cruelty to animals is a punishable and serious offense. Based on the

statements of witnesses, rabbit health records, and photographic

documentation, the rabbits were clearly being abused.

 

Please take a moment to write a letter on the behalf of the more than

thirty rabbits rescued from this horrific situation … rabbits who,

without your voice, have no means to ask for justice. It is extremely

important that the DA's office hear from concerned people in this case.

 

Case number: HPD #2004-14050

 

Tom Orloff, Alameda County District Attorney

1225 Fallon Street

Room 900

Oakland, CA 94612

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(510) 272-6222 phone

(510) 271-5157 fax

 

For more information, check out

http://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/hayward_rabbits.html And if you can,

please consider adopting one of these needy animals.

 

Thanks so much!

Erin

 

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Erin Williams

Shelter Director

House Rabbit Society

Richmond Rabbit Center

148 Broadway

Richmond, CA 94804

(510) 970-7575

www.rabbit.org