Greetings from House Rabbit Society! We hope you and your
bunnies are keeping cool this summer. Here's what's new...

**Cooling Down a Hot Bunny**
Heat is deadly to rabbits and when the temperature creeps
up into the 80s or more, heat stress becomes a real
concern. Overweight rabbits seem more susceptible to
heat stress-a good motivation to trim Bun down before the
hottest months of summer. Try these two articles for
many tips on cooling down an overheated rabbit.

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/warm-weather.html
http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/san-diego/health/cool.html

** Rabbits 2003 Calendar **
The Rabbits 2003 calendar is out! Photographed by the
New York City chapter's Mary Cotter, all rabbits featured
in this calendar are rescued rabbits. Calendars can be
bought directly from many individual HRS chapters,
benefiting the individual chapter, and also from
calendars.com: 15% of the purchase price of calendars
bought through this link will be given to House Rabbit
Society.

http://www.rabbit.org/links/calendar.html


**Adoptions**
As usual in the months after Easter, HRS's foster homes
are filled to capacity. So, we'll say it again....if you've been
thinking about adopting a rabbit, now is the time! We have
bonded pairs as well as single buns. They are all patiently
waiting for new homes to call their own.

If you have just one rabbit, consider getting him or her a
companion. We found that most rabbits are happy in pairs (go to
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-8/rabbits-in-the-plural.html
for more info), and we'd be happy to help your rabbit find a
friend. Our experienced volunteers will help you through every
step of the bonding process.

For pictures and descriptions of these adorable
adoptables, visit our national adoption page and click on
the appropriate page(s).

http://www.rabbit.org/adoption/index.html
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-8/rabbits-in-the-plural.html



** Look For a New Journal In Your Mailbox **
All HRS members were sent the spring/summer 2002 House
Rabbit Journal at the end of July. It is sent via bulk
mail, so you should receive your journal sometime in the
next week. If you forgot to send in your membership, never
fear! We'll be sending out one last bulk mailing for
new/renewing members at the beginning of September.
Membership is just $18 ($25 international) and you can use
the link below to sign up.

http://www.rabbit.org/hrs-info/joining.html


** Article: Seeking Shelters **
On November 8, three days before we were to open our new
headquarters, our shelter co-ordinator, Katie Dinneen,
started contacting shelters that were interested in sending
rabbits to our new Center. The first three shelters on our
list had no rabbits at that time. Katie called the 4th shelter.
They had a black lop-mix, whose cage was marked with a pink
(euthanasia) tag, dated November 8! With that very important
phone call, our first 11th-hour bunny (we later named Adam)
was saved.

http://www.rabbit.org/journal/4-5/seeking-shelters.html


** Local Updates **
We thought you might enjoy hearing what some of our local
chapters have been up to this summer...

The MD/DC/NoVA chapter just had their first "Bunny Tune-Up"
day, with 17 rabbits getting groomed (and massaged!) over a
2 1/2 hour period. Also on the east coast, the New York City
chapter has been involved in a variety of activities, from
educating the staff at the Howard Stern radio program about
rabbit care to working with Petfinders.org and the ASPCA on
celebrating Adopt a Rescued Rabbit month in July to speaking
at the Animal Welfare League of New Jersey's Spring conference.
Our New York City and Miami, FL volunteers also teamed up to
host a House Rabbit Society booth at the International
Veterinary Conference on Exotics.

In the midwest, our Indiana chapter is presenting rabbit care
seminars at The Humane Society of Indianapolis Kindness Camp,
a camp set up to teach compassion to kids. The St. Louis chapter
just finished their 5th Annual Bunny Expo complete with a
veterinary seminar and education events organized by 25 local
volunteers for a crowd of over 200. Our Columbus, OH volunteers
are in the process of planning their activities for the Ohio
Humane Education Association's "Ohio's Week for the Animals"
in October.

On the west coast, the San Diego chapter is gearing up for their
annual Bunnfest on September 22. If you're in the area, please
join the hundreds of people who show up every year for this fun
educational event. And finally, at the national office in
Richmond, we just hosted a film crew from "Bay Area Backroads,"
a local television show who will be featuring our shelter on
their show this Fall. If you live in the Bay Area, please check
our website for details on the show date!

We have over 20 local chapters across the state and they, too,
need your support through local memberships. Please visit our
local chapters page to find out more about local activities and
supporting your closest local chapter.

http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/index.html

** Quark Software Needed **
We produce House Rabbit Journal and our other printed educational
materials using Quark Express. We have not been able to upgrade to
more recent versions due to the high costs. If you have a copy of
Quark Express 4.0 or 5.0 that you would be willing to donate to HRS,
we would love to hear from you! Please email paige@...


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