Wellington Rabbit Rescue

18/04/2025

🐰✨️ Galen wants to say a big THANKYOU to Forage NZ for sending down a box packed full of yummy goodies for the WRR bunnies this Easter ✨️🐰

Galen is one of the rabbits staying at HQ and was delighted to be given a Binky Donut for breakfast! Little does he know, but these treats are as healthy as they are delicious 🤫 So we can happily bribe him for his affection guilt free while his amazing foster parents enjoy a well-deserved break this week 🐇

We hope you enjoy a beautiful Easter and are able to spend quality time with your loved ones.

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We also want to take a moment to send out extra well wishes to all those rabbits who find themselves being given as Easter presents this year. We hope they have landed in safe, knowledgeable homes with humans who are committed to loving them for life 🐇

28/03/2025

⚠️🐰 Found in Taita - currently with Valley Cottage Vets.

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25/03/2025

🐇 We are still desperately searching for indoor foster homes for two beloved WRR bunnies who urgently need to return to our care 😮‍💨

Please message us directly if you have a safe room, garage, or space in your home and can offer time and love to a rabbit in need.

Please note: for safety reasons, we ask that foster homes be within a 30-minute drive of Kelburn Vets.

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📸 Pic of our gorgeous sleepy Bean for attention!

Bean is spayed, microchipped, vaccinated, and ready to find a forever home where she can snuggle up with the husbun of her dreams.

18/03/2025

Recently, The Bunny Bach donated us another massive box of the best timothy hay we've ever seen. To our delight, we opened the box and discovered an array of these awesome hay feeders.

Rabbits' intelligence is often underestimated, but bored rabbits = mischief!! So hay feeders like these are a simple yet effective way to keep your rabbits entertained.

📸 Piper loves her hay feeder so much that it is now part of her daily routine, and it keeps her occupied throughout the day. Having survived two major surgeries in just eight weeks, we welcome anything that will entertain her while also ensuring she keeps up her hay intake.

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Shout out to The Bunny Bach for supporting rescues all around the country. If you'd like to check out their superior hay or any of the enrichment items they supply, please hop over to their website, we've included the link below in the comments 🐇

14/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who donated toward our vet bill last week, we are now just $200 shy of paying it off 💖✨️ Sadly though, we have not had a single foster application, and as of yesterday, we now have a third rabbit who needs to return to WRR 😮‍💨

Please, if you're able to provide a safe home to rabbits in need - temporary or forever - we'd love to hear from you ❗️

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📸 Gorgeous Penelope was originally adopted from WRR in 2019 and has sadly lost her beloved partner. She is now seeking a new home with a husbun to share her twilight years with.

06/03/2025

❗️❗️ Found - Stokes Valley.

A member of the public found this little one dragging their back legs and was able to secure them and get them to Valley Cottage Vets.

If you recognise them or know where their humans are, please get in touch urgently.

02/03/2025

Thank you, The Animal Sanctuary for speaking up for rabbits. Needless to say, we couldn't agree more...

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*xyourrabbits!

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SAD SITUATION. IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
Today I’ve had an email from someone asking me to take their 26 rabbits. They are all together in one pen, which means ALL the females will be pregnant, and the number will soon become well over 100 rabbits. We don’t have the facilities to take 26 – 100+ rabbits. None of the rabbit rescues do, either. It’s almost impossible to find good homes for any rabbits at all. Plus, every one of those rabbits would have to be des*xed before adoption, costing many thousands of dollars. We know that this specific situation with these specific people occurred because they got their 2 original bunnies from a well known unethical rabbit breeder who sold them cheap without being des*xed. The people freely stated they couldn’t afford to des*x.
A commonly accepted procedure in this situation is to take their 26 rabbits and have them all euthanised, because there’s no place for them to go and no money to get them des*xed, and to stop the cycle of breeding and suffering… but that is just not something I can bring myself to do, in spite of the logic. This absolutely terrible, traumatic, horrible dilemma with absolutely NO good solution is something the genuine rabbit rescue groups face literally daily. I don’t know how they do it. It’s heart breaking and it's soul destroying. Although it doesn't help, I've been in tears all day.
Please please, DESEX YOUR ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!
If you can’t afford to des*x them, then DON’T GET THEM!!

27/02/2025

We know we've been quiet these last months. The truth is that life has been exceptionally difficult for our little team, with devastating personal losses and scary health issues. Given this, our focus has been very simple: the rabbits and the humans devoted to their care.

But now we need your help.

We urgently require at least two indoor fosterers who can commit to a minimum of 6 months of care for two rabbits who are so loved but urgently need to return to WRR 💔

Our vet bill also skyrocketed to over $3000 last month 😬

We know all too well that things are desperate out there, but we must once again ask for support to keep WRR afloat.

Whether or not you can donate funds or foster buns, please share this post and help spread the word to your wider community. The more eyes, the better!! 👀

Thank you for your continued support. We really couldn't do any of this without your kindness and generosity 💕

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If you can support via a donation, our fees-free bank account number is: Wgtn Rabbit Rescue
06 0507 0812817 00

Our Givealittle is also linked below ♥️

🐇 All donations over $5 are tax deductible. With the end of the financial year approaching, you'll be able to claim your refund very soon. Please email [email protected] for a tax receipt if you have made a donation to our bank account.

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📸 An example of one of our indoor foster homes. More information about fostering can be found in the comments below.

16/02/2025

🌡 We're in for more scorching hot days with MetService predicting high temperatures of 24°c today and 25°c tomorrow!!

Please make arrangements for the animals in your life. Particularly for rabbits and guineapigs housed in "large hutches," as the only shelters available in these hutches often become like ovens in the heat ☀️

02/02/2025

👀 Recent sightings of stoats in suburban areas around Pōneke prove a timely reminder about the importance of predator-proofing outdoor enclosures.

Stoats confidently hunt during the day and night, so it pays to take precautions even if your rabbits are only outside when the sun is shining ☀️🐇

01/02/2025

✨️🐍 Gong Xi Fa Cai 🐍✨️ We wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous year of the Snake.

🎆 As part of Lunar New Year festivities, there will be a public fireworks display this evening at 9.30 pm.

Please make the appropriate arrangements for your animals' needs in you live near the Waterfront.

It can also be expected that private fireworks may be in use in your neighbourhood over the next couple of weeks, so please be mindful of this.

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Wellington Rabbit Rescue supports the total ban of private sales and use of fireworks for the sake of the people, the animals, and the environment.

Please consider others if you are planning to let off fireworks this year 🙏

20/01/2025

🐇 MetService is predicting a high of 25°c in Wellington tomorrow🌡Temperatures will likely reach higher in some areas and could present significant risks for both indoor and outdoor animals.

Sudden changes in temperature are particularly stressful for rabbits and can even lead to Gi Stasis. Given the cold weather we've experienced recently, it would be well worth taking some extra precautions tomorrow to ensure everyone is able to enjoy the sunshine 🐰

18/01/2025

🐇🌾 We're so excited that The Bunny Bach is posting nationwide now 😍

Enter this draw for a chance to find out why we think their's is hands down the best timothy hay available in all of Aotearoa 🌾🐇

Even better: every purchase directly helps out rescues like us!

https://www.facebook.com/share/17g3MJcaTK/

We have reached 1k followers! How amazing!

In return for all of your amazing support we would love to give away a 5kg Timothy box of hay.

All you have to do, is send us the cutest pic of your buns/ piggies below. Now that we service nationwide you can enter from anywhere in NZ.

This is one of my favourite pics of my Benjamin 🐰

We will announce the winner on Monday 🐰🐹🐹🐰

09/01/2025

‼️ Missing - from around the Kentwood Road area in Woodridge.

Peter has gone missing while her family is away, and her minder can not find her anywhere.

Her humans are very worried and would love to come home to her safe and sound.

Please be on the lookout if you're near Northwood Close/Kentwood Road 🐇

06/01/2025

A big thank you to Stu Saunders and his colleagues at FENZ Johnsonville fire station for generously donating rabbit food and enrichment items to WRR for our foster rabbits. Stu and his wife, Jo, organised a collection for some animal rescues, as part of their Christmas celebrations. Stu and Jo set up an impressive display in the staff lounge, including no fewer than 6 lavishly decorated and lighted Christmas trees and an almost-life-size Santa. It was dazzling!

Items donated to WRR included rabbit pellets, 4 play tunnels, cash donations, and 2 bales of hay. These will really help us out. Thank you so much, FENZ staff, Johnsonville, and Stu and Jo, for your kindness.
Best wishes to all for happiness and health in 2025.

31/12/2024

‼️ Found - Paremata road, Porirua.

Do you recognise this rabbit? They have wandered into a member of the public's garage.

Given the weather, potential for fireworks tonight, and the usual risks faced by roaming rabbits, it is important that this little guy finds the safety of their home ASAP.

Please get in contact if you have any information that can help reunite them with their humans 🐇

16/12/2024

‼️ Missing - Drivers Crest, Cannons Creek.

Have you seen this rabbit? The whānau are keen for any information that can help bring this little one home safe 🐇

03/12/2024

🐰 Tis the season... for roaming rabbits!

One of the biggest complaints we receive in Rabbit Rescue are our enclosure requirements for fostering and adopting. But this video showcases why our insistence on high fencing, large enriching environments, and predator-proof mesh isn't because we're idealists - it's because we're realists.

Rabbits are intelligent and crafty creatures, and it pays not to underestimate their love for adventure 😅

Please note: this video is especially important viewing for those housing baby kits this summer 👀

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