Every year in the Year of the Rabbit, many Hong Kong people will raise rabbits for festivals, or decide to raise rabbits during Easter. Many of them decide to raise rabbits without knowing it clearly. : "Almost 365 days a year, I receive calls to abandon rabbits."
The Rabbit Association also shared that there was a case of abandonment of a long-haired rabbit that was sent to the Rabbit Association, and it was found that the entire buttocks of the rabbit were excrement. It was so hard that it fell to the ground and came out with a smell of garbage." The Rabbit Association appealed to the public to think carefully before deciding to raise rabbits.
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In the center of the Hong Kong Rabbit Friends Association, there are about a hundred lively and lovely rabbits, but they all have the same fate: being abandoned.
One rabbit cage after another is posted with reasons for abandonment, some of which are because the owner has no time or ability to take care of them, and some rabbits are abandoned because the owner immigrated.
Dong Fangyi, secretary of the Hong Kong Rabbit Friends Association, said that in addition to contacting the Rabbit Association for abandonment, the owner sometimes also receives referrals from the Fisheries and Conservation Department and rabbits that were abandoned on the street. Rabbit has reached six years.
As for the more common reasons for abandonment in recent years, the family abandons the rabbit due to immigration. It is estimated that the destination of the immigration does not allow rabbits to be imported, or it is difficult to afford the cost of transportation.
Many of the abandoned rabbits are older. Dong Fangyi believes that the rabbits began to appear sick. The owner found that the medical expenses were high, so he chose to abandon them.
She also said that she has seen parents who gave rabbits to their children as gifts, but after the children were scratched during contact with the rabbits, they chose to abandon them.
Director Dong Fangyi said that the more common reason for abandonment in recent years is that families abandon rabbits due to immigration. It is estimated that the destination of immigration does not allow rabbits to be imported, or it is difficult to afford the cost of transportation.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
Dong Fangyi said with emotion that earlier, there was a family where both mother and daughter were chronically ill. After being referred by a social worker, they came to inspect the house and found that "the whole house is full of rabbits, and there are a total of 17 rabbits." She pointed out that the two were unable to take care of them. , but he was unwilling to abandon them. After lobbying for a period of time, he was willing to send 15 of them to the Rabbit Association.
She said that the subsequent inspection found that many of the 15 rabbits were very young, "but they had more diseases than rabbits aged 8 to 10, and even several of them had infectious diseases." There is a difference between a kind of animal, so you should think about it before raising it.”
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Dong Fangyi also shared that she once took in a rabbit whose owner had only raised it for a few months, and suddenly couldn't move its hind legs. After the owner took the rabbit to the veterinarian, he couldn't pay the medical expenses, so he decided to abandon it.
After receiving the rabbit, the Rabbit Association took it to a veterinary clinic for examination. The veterinarian estimated that the reason for the inability to move its hind legs was that the rabbit had fallen and was injured. It was believed that the owner's holding position was not correct, or the equipment in the cage was not suitable.
She said helplessly that the rabbit had to be amputated in the end: "It is very lucky that although (the rabbit) has three legs, it is very happy and lives a very happy life, but the chance of being adopted is much lower."
Dong Fangyi said frankly that every time she saw these abandonment cases, she felt heartbroken, and urged the public to think carefully before raising rabbits, including life planning and economic conditions: "Nidu (Rabbit Association) can take care of 100 rabbits. I believe everyone is at home, as long as they have the heart, they will be able to do it.”
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