Wednesday, June 8, 2011

WIN $200 worth of RABBIT PRODUCTS! Open to Pet Lovers & Pet Companies.

Support our rabbit rescue sanctuary sponsor and enter to WIN $200 worth of RABBIT PRODUCTS! Open to Pet Lovers & Pet Companies.

Choose your prizes to the value of $200 from any of the pet companies listed on The Pet Directory website. Pet Companies who participate will be in the running to be chosen by the winners. Just "LIKE" the facebook page and ENTER www.facebook.com/PetDirectory

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Have a look at Himmy!

Himmy is a quiet little Himalayan rabbit who loves people and pats.  He is our smallest rabbit.  See photos of him on our facebook page.  Click on this link: RABBIT PHOTO

A taste of Ginger!

We love Ginger here at The Rabbit Sanctuary.  She is a loving and loveable gentle rabbit with amazing ginger and white patches.  She came in from Queensland where she could not be kept due to a neighbour threatening to report her owners to the Government.

Ginger runs up to the side of the enclosure to say hello and loves being patted. 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Lots of White Rabbits Looking for Homes!

Are you looking to adopt a white rabbit!?  At The Rabbit Sanctuary we have some beautiful 'Alice in Wonderland' White Rabbits looking to become part of a loving family. There are big white bunnies and small white ones too.  There are some with dark eyes and some with the traditional pink eyes.  These are known as 'red eyed white' rabbits in the rabbit clubs amongst the registered breeders of purebred rabbits.  In rabbit shows the red eyed whites are very popular and come in a variety of breeds such as mini lops, dwarf lops, netherland dwarfs and lots of other breeds including angora rabbits.  We have rescued some New Zealand white rabbits with pink eyes and they are truly gentle rabbits of a medium to large size.  Other rescue rabbits include smaller dark eyed white and white rabbits with tips of colour on their ears, nose and feet.  Give us a call on 0416 062 947 or email us if you are interested in adopting a white rabbit.

Please visit our sponsors site to help us show our thanks for their support. Just click on the word Pet to get there. Please also like and make them a favourite site on facebook today!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Anyone like Black Rabbits?

We have quite a few black rabbits in The Rabbit Sanctuary.  They are all short haired rabbits and most are small.  All are very friendly and would make wonderful pets.  We recommend that if you are getting a rabbit to purchase a travel capsule to carry your new pet in.  You will find that you frequently need a carry cage e.g. when taking your rabbit to the vet or on holidays with you or just to keep him or her in while you clean the regular enclosure.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Racer gives up the races!

A lovely lady visited The Rabbit Sanctuary today and will be taking "Racer" the black rabbit who was rescued by a girl who grabbed him from a guy using him to bait greyhounds with. The girl's sister worked for the RSPCA so the guy is being prosecuted.  Racer will be inside evenings and cold days and outside on the grass on nice days.   We are organising equipment etc then Racer's new owner will visit Riverbank Animal Hospital with a special voucher from The Rabbit Sanctuary.  After that he will take up residence in his new family home. 

Monday, February 21, 2011

Myxomatosis Hotline

Rabbit Profile: "Velvet" - Available for adoption

Velvet is a black rabbit of medium size.  He has the softest fur ever.  That's because he has what is known as 'plush' fur.  It feels like velvet which is how he got his name.  Velvet would love a home where is is inside at night with the family and on grass during the day.  He is LITTER TRAINED! Yes, he uses his litter tray perfectly so no mess to clean up inside.  If you would like photos and more on Velvet please email The Rabbit Sanctuary.  Velvet can be transported to anywhere in Australia.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Save Pet Rabbits from Deadly Myxomatosis Virus Send a Toy Rabbit to the Australian Government

CLICK TO SEE LARGE IMAGE     -     Send a note and include a toy bunny to the Australian Government to ask them to release the Myxomatosis vaccine to vets for pet rabbits.  Send to:  The Hon Joe Ludwig MP, PO Box 6022, House of Representatives, Parliment House, Canberra, ACT 2400   

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Let us know if you have a rabbit needing a home

We can assist you to re-home your rabbit via our blog. 

To add your rabbit just add a 'comment' to the blog with a photo of your rabbit or rabbits that are up for adoption.  Put in your suburb and state and a description of the rabbit including personality, age, weight or size etc if you can.

You can also add a free notice to The Pet Directory website on the pets for adoption page. To do that you just register as a free member of the site and then add your listing. You can include 3 photos and a description.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Rabbit in Urgent Need of a Home

We have a rabbit at a vet clinic in Queensland that urgently needs to be collected.  Please call if you can assist and give that rabbit a home in NSW or any state other than QLD. Phone: 0416 062 947

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Adopt a rabbit today!

Why not give a rabbit a loving home?  There are many beautiful rabbits hoping to spend Christmas with a forever family. 

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

We need links!

The Rabbit Sanctuary are asking people to add a link to their websites or blogs or facebook etc. to our blog to help us spread the word out there to help rabbits. With the rabbit myxomatosis season starting again we must get lots of rabbits adopted into new indoor homes.

http://rabbitrescuesanctuary.blogspot.com

2 new rabbits flying up to The Rabbit Sanctuary from Sydney today!

We will be picking up two rabbits this evening from Grafton airport that are being surrendered to The Rabbit Sanctuary via NSW Ferret Welfare. 

They are being flown up by Coates Pet Transport http://www.pettransport.com.au

Thank you once again to Michelle from Coates for helping rabbits!

Cruelty Free Christmas Shopping - a way to help animals

News from The Cruelty Free Shop who support The Rabbit Sanctuary
In This Issue:
- Happenings
- New products: french champagne truffles, onion & garlic-free bounty burgers, vegebear sweets, custard powder
- Cruelty-free Christmas gift ideas
- Christmas delivery deadlines
- Carols by barnlight (VIC)

- How do you know if a product is really cruelty-free?
- Indian cooking classes (NSW)
- Designer vegan cakes (NSW)
- Vegan blog

- Vege social events
- Charity of the month (he’s a Christmas turkey!)
- Recipe of the month
- Quote of the month
Happenings
We got an early Christmas present in November when we found out that we had been voted “Australia’s Favourite Vegan Business” in the Aduki/Uproar Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted for us and everyone who has supported us over the past (almost) ten years. We are very proud to be your favourite; we love what we do and are so happy you do too! Click here to check out the other winners.
The Cruelty Free Shop will be open all the way through the Christmas, New Year period so you never have to go without your vegan treats. We would like to wish you all a merry cruelty-free Christmas and a very happy new year!
New Products
Booja Booja French Champagne Truffles
These deeply luxurious and seductive truffles are infused with organic, biodynamic French Champagne. Presented in an attractive, gold and black square box these are sure to delight every chocolate connoisseur.
Bounty Burgers
We all know that
Bounty Burgers are "meaty" and delicious, high in protein, low in fat and made here in Australia but did you know that they now also have an garlic and onion free option for people who avoid these foods for health or religious reasons?
Vegebears Sweets
Gelatine-free treats!
Frooty Fruits are delightfully chewy and fruity pastilles and Fruit Jellies are delicious organic bear-shaped fruit jellies. Both are bursting with organic goodness and make the ideal natural treat for kids.
Custard Powder
All natural custard powder that makes rich, creamy custard almost instantly. Great to pour over your Christmas pudding!
Cruelty-free Christmas Gift Ideas
Christmas is the perfect time to share some cruelty-free, vegan cheer! Here are some gift ideas, guaranteed to please.
The 12 gifts of Christmas
1. Pure Gaisha makes a wide range of natural products for your body, their divine Body Whips are my absolute favourite, they smell amazing and moisturise better than anything else I've tried.
2. Gaia has a very popular organic men's range with scrubs, moisturisers, hair care and shave gel.
3. Organic Home makes the loveliest, long-burning soy wax candles in a range of gorgeous scents.
4. Vegan cookbooks such as Lynda Stoner's Now Vegan! make a great gift.
5. Edgar’s Mission calendars feature truly beautiful photos of rescued animals to make you smile every month.
6. Alba Botanicals have a lovely tropical smelling range of sea salt scrubs and body creams and lotions
7. Desert River soaps< /font> are palm-oil-free and scented with essential oils.
8. Gingerbread Christmas Miniatures make a great little gift for teachers, posties or anyone who deserves a treat.
9. Alpha chocolate coated plums or liq ueur apricot gift boxes feature the lush, dark Alpha chocolate that is the best vegan chocolate I've tasted.
10. Booja Booja's hand-made, organic truffles are the connoisseurs chocolate.
11. Snacking on vegan caviar & pates shows that vegans don't have to do without anything now!
12. Redwood's Cheatin’ Turkey Roast stuffed with cranberry and wild rice or Cheatin' Beef Roast stuffed with Horseradish make the perfect centrepiece of your vegan Christmas dinner surrounded by crispy roast vegetables and followed with Chocolate Rum Balls or .Constant Craving Truffles
Easy Gift Giving
Our beautifully presented Gift Hampers are packed with luxurious cruelty-free products and gourmet vegan goodies and can be delivered anywhere in Australia. Or you can simply give a Gift Voucher so they can choose their own treats.
 
Christmas Delivery Deadlines
To ensure your vegan goodies arrive in time for Christmas, we suggest that you place your orders before the following dates:
Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra – 20/12
Regional VIC, QLD, SA, ACT – 17/12
Sydney - 22/12
Regional NSW – 20/12
NT, Tasmania, WA – 15/12
Carols by Barnlight (VIC)
Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary invites you to  join them from 4-8pm on Saturday 11 December for Carols by Barnlight at 365 McHargs Road, Willowmavin. Enjoy a delicious vegan BBQ, meet over 150 rescued animal residents, take the farm tour and then settle in to the barn for carol singing. For more information visit www.edgarsmission.org.au.
How do you know if a product is really cruelty-free?
Since no government regulation exists for cruelty-free labeling of personal care and household products, companies can essentially make any animal testing claims they want. So how is the conscientious consumer able to discern which products are truly cruelty-free? Choose Cruelty Free Australia was created to provide consumers with the most accurate information possible about a company's no-animal testing policy.
To become Choose Cruelty Free (CCF) accredited, a company must agree not to conduct or commission animal testing of any kind after a fixed cut-off date. In addition, the company must get all third-party manufacturers and suppliers to individually agree not to engage in animal testing for its products. The Cruelty Free Shop carries a wide assortment of products from CCF accredited companies including MyUtopia, Pure Gaisha, Alba Botanics, RJ Mineral Cosmetics, Nat io and Biologika.
CCF has made it easy to shop without cruelty. To make sure the products you use are genuinely cruelty-free see the list of companies accredited in Australia visit www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au.
Indian Cooking Classes (Sydney)
Ma Indian Cooking courses represent a passion for cooking and a passion for life. They are designed to equip you with the skills to create vegetarian and vegan Indian cuisine that is delicious, wholesome and fresh. Find out more about the classes and when they run here: www.maindiancooking.com.au.
Vegan cake business (NSW)
Now vegans too can enjoy designer cakes for weddings, birthdays and other special occasions. Pure Dawning specialises in award wining centerpiece cakes that are delicious and moist, made fresh for you from quality ingredients and are exquisitely decorated to suit your style. They specialise in 3D custom designs and fun sugar art decorations, while also providing beautiful traditional and contemporary cakes depending on your preferences. Their cakes really are works of art....and they’re all vegan! Visit www.puredawning.com.au.
Vegan blogs
Zinnea Pea, Vegan and designer and creator of handmade little treasures in the gorgeous Adelaide Hills:
Zinnia Pea's Blog.
Charity of the Month
Banjo is one of 36 turkeys who will not be turning up on a table this Christmas; Banjo was rescued from the horrors of intensive farming by caring people who took him straight to the safety of A Poultry Place Animal Sanctuary. Banjo’s new life of waking up on a bed of straw and spending the morning on a grassy field before retreating to the shade of fruit trees to nap as the day warms up is a far cry from the windowless shed he came from. That shed denied him the freedom to do any of the things that come naturally to him and his mates, like dust-bathing, running, flapping his wings and dancing.
Despite his luck, Banjo still bears the scars of having been a factory farmed turkey. Part of his beak has been cut off and will never grow back; he has a slowly healing wound on his right shoulder where his brothers and sisters walked over him in the crowded shed to get food and his infant skeleton struggles to support his 13kg body weight. Despite his handicaps Banjo will enjoy a much longer life than the 12 weeks he would have lived in a factory farm before being slaughtered for someone’s Christmas dinner.
A Poultry Place is an animal sanctuary in Southern NSW that specialises in the care of our feathered friends run by ex-Animal Liberation director Bede. Bede provides a home for over 250 rescued and abandoned turkeys, geese, peacocks, ducks, ex-battery hens, rescued broilers and roosters, along with several sheep, goats and cats. A Poultry Place receives no government funding and is reliant on donations to continue their wonderful work for animals. Please consider adding a donation to your next Cruelty Free Shop order for Ban jo and A Poultry Place.
Recipe of the Month
Simone’s Cheesy Puffs
Ingredients
- Puff pastry sheets
- Redwood cheatin'
pepperoni slices
- Redwood cheatin'
ham-style slices
- Cheezly super-melting
mozarella
Directions
- Preheat oven to 150'C.
- Cut pastry sheet into quarters.
- Cut mock meats into little squares.
- Place the mock meats into the middle of each quarter of pastry.
- Grate cheezly and place on the top of the mock meats.
- Fold quarters so they are closed.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes on 150C
Quote of the Month
“If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others... why wouldn’t we?” Pam Ahern, Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Rabbits Available For Adoption Phone: 0416 062 947

The following rabbits are up for adoption to good homes 2010

BEXLEY NSW
Hi I have two rabbits needing a home, a short haired black male (desexed) and a fluffy white female (not desexed). I think they are about 3 years old. I am in Bexley NSW. I don't have a photo at the moment but could get one. If you have any information that might help me it would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted on carmen_maree@hotmail.com
Thank you
Regards
Carmen

Smoochie is looking for a loving home ADOPTED! YIPPEE!





















Henry - Mini Lop PurebredADOPTED! YIPPEE! Click to see who got Henry!
Sooty Fawn colour - Desexed Male - 2 years old - Must go to a home where he will be a house rabbit. Very clean rabbit with good nature. He uses his litter tray perfectly with no mistakes.
HENRY - MINI LOP PUREBRED HOUSE TRAINED FRIENDLY

Spicy - Dwarf size up eared rabbit - Himalayan colour white with smokey grey tips - Male 4 months old. Litter tray trained. Would make a nice indoor rabbit with day cage to eat grass.

60 other rabbits available. Please enquire as not enough space here to list them all.

We Welcome Henry to The Rabbit Sanctuary

Henry joined us at The Rabbit Sanctuary on Sunday when he was sadly surrendered by his mother Carla who was worried for his safety due to extensive house renovations and her being at university much of the time.

Henry is a perfectly trained House Rabbit. He would only be rehomed to a loving person who would include him into their family home.

He is a desexed male purebred mini lop rabbit. On arrival at The Rabbit Sanctuary he was vaccinated against Calici virus.

Anyone who thinks they could give a suitable home to Henry should contact us by email or phone or text.

Henry uses his litter tray. He has not made even one mistake since he arrived. A very clean rabbit. He rushes to the door when he sees someone coming looking for a pat.

Give us a call if you would like to give Henry a home. He will only be alowed to go to the right type of setting, not a hutch in a backyard.