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This topic has 16sd replies, 12 voices, and was last updated 14 years ago by Sonn.

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- 04/05/2010 at 10:01 PM
  Sonn
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  Just 1 day after Easter and the shelter I volunteer at has had 30 drop offs mostly bunnies way way too young to be away from momma!
  
  I am just so ticked off argh!
  
  One woman brought in 6 rabbits and said “I got them for my kids yesterday and they aren’t working out” HELLO it’s been 1 day!
  
  Ahhh ok that’s all stupid people and their stupid excuses
- 04/05/2010 at 10:12 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  It is so unfair…
- 04/05/2010 at 10:32 PM
  Monkeybun
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  That lady likely didn’t know how much they poop. 6 buns makes for a TON of poop.
  
  I hate people sometimes.
- 04/06/2010 at 5:15 AM
  Sarita
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  Well good grief, six rabbits! That’s way too many to begin with. I sometimes wish shelter people would ask more questions like where they acquired the rabbits from – why don’t they take them back there!
- 04/06/2010 at 5:52 AM
  TARM
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  Ugh. I really, really wish rabbits weren’t so easy to get.
- 04/06/2010 at 8:33 AM
  babybunsmum
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  that is pathetic. getting 6 rabbits for a day with plans to dump them or actually thinking 6 rabbits for pets would be a good idea… either way… moronic. and this lady is a mother and role model to kids? God help us all.
- 04/06/2010 at 8:53 AM
  Spidey
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  You should have told the lady she is not working out as a parent and social services will be picking up her kids shortly…
- 04/06/2010 at 9:10 AM
  MarkBun
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  This is why I don’t work with the public directly. I would get fired and my boss would get sued.
- 04/06/2010 at 10:45 AM
  LoveChaCha
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  Posted By Spidey on 04/06/2010 08:53 AM
  
  You should have told the lady she is not working out as a parent and social services will be picking up her kids shortly…
  
  LOL!
  
  6 buns do produce a lot of poop.. I am still shocked at how much mine makes and i only have one..
  
  I hope teh buns find a good home
- 04/06/2010 at 11:36 AM
  babybunsmum
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  just checked in at my local shelter… so far they have 3 new buns this week. poo. i wish i could afford to adopt them all <3
- 04/06/2010 at 1:29 PM
  MirBear
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  ooh, i better check their site then… ive been browsing just waiting for tjis -_- *sigh*
- 04/06/2010 at 2:36 PM
  Monkeybun
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  My craigslist has a pile of english lops and baby flemmies on it… *drool*
- 04/06/2010 at 2:54 PM
  Balefulregards
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  Oh Markus – You have uncovered the very reason I have been forced to get a PhD. I just SAY things. I can’t tell you how many times I got in trouble for blurting out my thoughts. Mind you, I was working for a State Agency and these thoughts were blurted out to the Governor.
  
  I figure once I get tenure, I will be a little safer.
- 04/06/2010 at 3:09 PM
  MarkBun
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  Everytime I was fired (or let go or downsized or whatever), the person letting me go almost always added “I wish I could have said what you did.”
- 04/06/2010 at 6:44 PM
  CharleyGirl
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  No new buns at my shelter. The only one that they have (right now) is Max & well his mine. 3 more days until he comes home!!! Whoooo!!!! But anyway….. 6 buns!! What an idiot. It makes me mad. Gosh how hard is it to get on a computer & look up info/resarch about rabbits? Seriously. If everybody did that, well I’m sure it would help a lot. Gosh it makes me so mad!! Poor buns
  MarkBun- hahahaha
- 04/07/2010 at 3:41 PM
  Andi
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  Posted By Spidey on 04/06/2010 08:53 AM
  
  You should have told the lady she is not working out as a parent and social services will be picking up her kids shortly…
  
  You took the words right from my mouth LOL
  I seriously think people should have licenses to breed, then we could stop dumb (insert profanity) like her from procreating.
  
  I had 7 young/baby bunnies in my home for a few months and OMG not just the amount of poop but the spray!!! They hadn’t been sputered yet, what a mess! Up to 3 feet out of there cage. Still cannot get my treadmill clean LOL
- 04/07/2010 at 4:11 PM
  Sonn
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  I don’t deal with the people directly unless they are there to adopt a bunny. Then they have to sit through a “class” on bunny care. They have a different person for every type of animal there. I have tried to get them to make a website to draw more attention to them but it probably wouldn’t help since there is a shelter near by that you don’t even have to fill out papers or pay anything you go pick out the pet you want and go home.
  
  I have a problem with dealing with people when they bring their pets in I get all kinds of shades of mad and the worse the excuse the madder I get and will usually end up saying things that gets me fired or “asked” not to come back lol.
  
  I have 2 bunnies and the poop they produce in a day would be enough to drive most people away from getting bunnies let alone 6 babies at once and babies that were way too young to be away from mom at that!
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