How to Volunteer with a Rabbit Rescue

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

Instructions

Step 1:
Check the rabbit rescue's website for contact information. You might also be able to find out what specific volunteer resources they are looking for.
Step 2:
Contact someone from the rabbit rescue to set up a time to help out.
Step 3:
Help clean out rabbit cages at the shelter. Be prepared to get dirty. This might be something they just do on weekends.
Step 4:
Visit the rabbits on a daily basis to take care of regular needs, like feeding, watering, and litter box cleaning.
Step 5:
Play with the bunnies. These bunnies need socialization to keep them adoption-ready Playing with them and holding them helps them get used to human companionship.
Step 6:
Volunteer at an event or store that benefits the organization. Some rescues have stores set up that sell bunny necessities like food, hay and cages.
Step 7:
Educate the public about house rabbits as pets and rabbit adoption. Tasks associated with this can range from handing out brochures to speaking at seminars.
Step 8:
Baby-sit (or bunny-sit!) other pet rabbits. Some organizations offer bunny-sitting services for people who have adopted rabbits from them.
Step 9:
Foster a rabbit or two. If you have space and time, open your home up to foster rabbits. This requires a lot of responsibility–just as if you had adopted them. But, you also have to be careful not to grow too attached to the rabbit while you foster them.

Tips & Warnings

If you find you just don't have the time to help out at a shelter, monetary or material donations will most likely be greatly appreciated. You can check your local rabbit rescue's website to see if they have a "wish list" of materials they need.

Resources

House Rabbit Society of America website

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