** What's New at House Rabbit Society? Welcomes 2007


** HRS Chosen as Charity of the Month for January and February

House Rabbit Society has been chosen as the January and
February Charity of the Month for
www.charityshoppingonline.com. For all your post-holiday
shopping this month, please consider visiting
www.charityshoppingonline.com; profits from your shopping this
month will go to House Rabbit Society!


** Ferret/Rabbit Rescue Grant Program 2006 Winners

Congratulations to all who tirelessly work on behalf of the
animals. http://www.rabbitstop.com/grant2006winners.html


** Newspaper and Cardboard – Are They Safe to Chew?

"Is it safe for my rabbit to chew newspaper and cardboard?
Will the paper and ink poison him?" Deb Jacobson of the
Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center
(http://www.pneac.org) responds: The formulations for
inks were modified MANY years ago to reduce or
eliminate pigments that contain heavy metals (particularly
lead). Cardboard is typically printed with water-based
flexographic inks and the adhesives used to make the
cardboard are water and corn starch based. Basically
you could ingest it for extra roughage if you so choose
(as do the bunnies).

The newsprint is typically printed with oil-based offset inks
(most common) or water-based flexographic inks and low
grade paper. The paper grade used for newspapers is a
good thing because they have used less bleaching chemicals
and less processing to make the paper. The same is true
for the corrugated.

I would suggest you withhold the slick paper, multi-color
ads. The newsprint with black ink or newsprint with a few
pages of colored ink is fine. One reason is the paper they
use may be a higher grade (more bleaching chemicals
used). The other reason is the pigments in the colored
inks. Some pigments still contain "compounds" of
chemicals that I would not want my "baby" to consume.


** Rabbits in England: The Most Abused Pets

Rabbits are the most abused domestic pet in England and
Wales, with 35,000 abandoned every year, says the
RSPCA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6166113.stm


** Investigation Uncovers Hell in Rabbit Fur Farms in Portugal

Portuguese animal protection group ANIMAL goes inside
Portugal's rabbit fur trade to expose the violence endured
by the real "fashion victims". Rabbit pelts produced in
Portugal are sent to China, via Spain, and are then sent to
the European Union.

In late October, investigators with the Portuguese animal
protection group ANIMAL went inside the Portugal's
rabbit fur trade, for the first time gaining access to places
and information and talking to key agents of this trade,
using covert cameras and different front covers to capture
graphic evidence to show to the public who are the real
"fashion victims" this winter. http://www.tvanimal.org

ANIMAL has partnered, in the USA, with the Anti-Fur
Society and RabbitWise: Rabbit Advocates USA, and, in
France, with Fourrure Torture, to expose this trade
internationally - today, the outcome of this investigation has
been release in Portugal, in France and in the USA. This
marks the beginning of a new campaign against fur in
Portugal.

"This winter, ask yourself: Who are the Real Fashion
Victims?" TVANIMAL.org: Exposing Animal Abuse.
Please support our work for the Animals." Help ANIMAL
to have more means to help more and more animals.

Please make a secure donation to ANIMAL today through
PayPal - go to: www.PayPal.com and make a donation to
info@....


** Airline Pet Policies

As you plan your travel in 2007, you may wonder if or how
you can bring your rabbit along. BringFido.com has made
it much easier. They have aggregated airline policies for
pet travel at http://www.bringfido.com/airpolicies.htm. They
also have an Air Travel Regulations for Pets page at:
http://www.bringfido.com/airregulations.htm.


** February Rabbit Adopt-a-thon in Los Angeles

With over 1,100 rabbits checked into the Los Angeles
City shelters yearly, and an additional 1,000 checked into
the Los Angeles County shelters, plus hundreds more in
surrounding areas and in several rabbit rescue groups, the
Los Angeles area is overflowing with unwanted rabbits.
To help save them, L.A. Animal Services will be holding a
super adoptathon at the "Be a Honey, Adopt a Bunny"
(or, Adopt a Honey for Your Bunny!*) Rabbit
Adopt-a-thon at the Westchester Recreation Center on
Sunday, February 11 from 10 – 6.

The $50 adoption fee includes neuter prior to adoption. In
addition, L.A. area shelters have an ongoing need for
volunteers to help care for and adopt out shelter rabbits.
Please call 310-713-2478 for more information.

** Rabbit Crisis in Houston

Rabbit Crisis in Houston--Help Needed!

In late December the Houston SPCA was called to a breeder's
home to seize more than 150 rabbits because the breeder
was very ill and could no longer care for them.
Bunny Buddies, a Houston based non-profit rabbit rescue
and education group, stepped up to help the SPCA care
for the rabbits and find them homes. Bunny Buddies
volunteers spent every day feeding, cleaning and caring
for the rabbits. Many of the volunteers gave up their
Christmas holiday time and even came for hours every
evening after a long day at their regular jobs.

Approximately 70 of these bunnies were taken into foster
care. If you are interested in adopting one of these
beautiful bunnies, please email Bunny Buddies at
adopt@.... If you can help by making
a donation, please email us at info@....

http://www.bunnybuddies.org

** Classroom Rabbits CAN Be a Good Thing

As a rabbit volunteer at Oakland Animal Services Shelter,
we do our best to listen for "red flags" when interviewing
potential donors; outdoor hutches, "starter pets" and
cabbage rank high on the list. Also high on the list was
"classroom pet" until I recently met Megan, a wonderful
and compassionate teacher looking for a rabbit for her
classroom. After long conversations, we released our
precious Frosty into her care.

Following is an update on Frosty and his relationship with
the children in Megan's classroom. I am reprinting the
letter here in the hopes that the next time a teacher contacts
your rescue, shelter or chapter; you will entertain the
possibility that the situation might be a wonder for all
parties involved, including the rabbit:

Dear Oakland Animal Services Staff and Volunteers,

Hello everybody. I guess you would all like to know how
your big Frosty is doing. He is awesome. He lives in
Fremont at the Durham Elementary YMCA and is daily
adored by about 28 kids. He has his own special place in
our class room which he loves to share with 3 or 4 of his
kids at a time.

Every morning when he is let out of his cage he has to chin
mark everything thing in his little world. Then he lays on the
couch to be pet. When the kids are at school you can find
him re-arranging the book shelf or mountain climbing our
bean bag chairs, or, his favorite pass time, sleeping in his
box. (The same one you guys made for him at the shelter).
I sing his name for him, and I pet him with his little puppet.

After school the kids run to wash their hands so they can
pet him and feed him whatever kinds of fruits and veggies
they got for him from the cafeteria that day. If the weather
is good he likes to go outside with one of his kids on his
harness and eat grass from the field or dig in the tanbark.
Everyone takes a 15 minute turn to "walk" him but mostly
they just follow him around while he does what he pleases.

When it gets to be about 5 O'clock and the kids start to go
home, he gets to hop around the classroom and get into the
back packs or sleep under the tables.

The kids do a wonderful job of looking after him. They
make sure he always has food, hay, and water and they
police each other to make sure they have washed their
hands before they pet him. They tell the class to quiet
down if they think it's getting too noisy for Frosty. They
clean his cage and make sure he gets enough exercise.
The kids always tell me that he's so beautiful and how
much they love him. I always hear about how they just
can't believe that he sat at the shelter for so long before
anyone wanted him.

Frosty is an ideal classroom pet because he is friendly and
outgoing, patient, fairly quiet, and has perfect litter box
skills. He brings a sense of calm and caring to our class and
encourages kids, who otherwise wouldn't, show their
caring side as well. Every day I see the effect that Frosty's
presence has on our kids. Many live in apartments and may
not have pets. For them having Frosty in our room is the
only time they get to interact with an animal. Frosty teaches
our kids about caring for something smaller than you and
about sharing love.

Our kids now know that rabbits don't belong left in a cage
and they spread the word to their friends. On top of all that,
he and Millie have educated them on the plight of shelter
animals and taught them the value of a life. Frosty is just as
much a teacher in our classroom as the humans, maybe
even more so, because he teaches children something more
than we can.

Thank you very much for all your hard work and
dedication that allowed Frosty the opportunity and time he
needed to find his home, his place, and his purpose in this
world. Please know that the work you do doesn't just
serve to help the animals, but also the people whose lives
have been touched and influenced by the animals you
saved, like a ripple affect that starts with you.

I'll be sure to send you a picture of him with his kids when
I get one, and you guys will see him soon for nail trimmings
since he doesn't let me do it!
Thank you again
-Megan

The rabbit volunteers at the Oakland shelter raise money to
spay and neuter every rabbit, making them more adoptable.
Shop at our online store
(http://www.cafepress.com/hoptoadopt) from which 100%
of the proceeds go straight into the rabbit spay/neuter fund.
Please, help us help more rabbits like Frosty. Thank you.


** Got a Good Bunny Story to Tell?

You are invited to submit a short story for consideration
to be included in a book about house rabbit behavior. For
more information and a submission form, please go to:
http://www.izzyjams.com/melinda/BunnyBook.doc.


** American Pet Diner's New Sick Bunny Feed Formula

"Critter Be Better" is a new replacement feed when your
rabbit is sick, stressed, post surgery, has digestive
disorders or is eating poorly. The feed can also be used on
a monthly basis to bring normal levels of micro flora back to
the digestive system.

For more information about this Timothy-based formula
and all the terrific American Pet Diner hays and feeds,
please go to: http://www.americanpetdiner.com/


** Support Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary

Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, located in California's
beautiful San Joaquin Valley, is an official House Rabbit
Society Sanctuary. Founded 3 years ago, Harvest Home is
the forever home to almost 100 "unadoptable" rabbits
rescued through HRS, Bay Area shelters and abuse/neglect
cases.

Please consider making as generous a donation as possible
to Harvest Home. Every cent you donate will go to the care
of scores of animals, including ducks, chickens, pigs and
Bullwinkle, the donkey. Every dollar you donate will go to
expanding the facilities so that many more animals can be
given forever sanctuary.

http://www.harvesthomeanimal.org/index.htm
(Be certain to click on the "Residents" link to see a
terrific photo of 70+ (now 100) rabbits enjoying their
evening salad.)


** Delightful Rabbit Websites

For as many cute rabbit pictures as you can stand, check
out the Bunny Lovers Unite group on Flickr:
(http://www.flickr.com/groups/bunnyloversunite/). See
also the Bunnies section at CuteOverload.com
(http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/bunnies/index.html)
for both still pictures and video.


** Win a Collection of 23 Beatrix Potter Books

Miss Potter, a newly released film about the life of Beatrix
Potter, was released in January. Use the following link for
a chance to win a complete collection of her beloved books:
http://www.peterrabbit.com/miss_potter/competition/us.cfm


** House Rabbit Society Chapter and Educator Updates

* Tampa Bay http://www.tampabayhrs.org

In celebration of Adopt a Rescued Month in February, we
are again hosting BunFest at the SPCA of Tampa Bay in
Largo on February 18; a vet lecture and Rabbit Habits
presentation. Last year, seven rabbits found forever,
loving homes during BunFest! Proceeds from the Bunny
Boutique will benefit both the SPCA Tampa Bay and the
Tampa Bay House Rabbit Society.
tampabayhrs@... 813-891-6144

* Columbus http://www.columbusrabbit.org/

Library Letters - CHRS began a program to donate the
House Rabbit Handbook to local libraries. With the
permission of the Buckeye Chapter, we extended our
program to include libraries throughout the state of Ohio.
To date, we've had 91 libraries request books, with some
asking for additional copies for their branches and
bookmobiles. In total, we've mailed 137 books. Another
library asked if we would give a presentation on house
rabbits.

"Make Mine Chocolate!" - The 2007 MMC campaign will
be kicking off shortly. This year will bring another raffle
drawing for an original painting by Joseph Larkin titled
"Mr. Brooks in the Garden." We've also opened a
CafePress shop with a variety of "Make Mine Chocolate!"
merchandise. And we're asking our Partners to work with
local photographers to find humane alternatives to using live
rabbits in their portraits. As always, we'll have materials
available to download and distribute to help spread the
word that rabbits aren't disposable pets.
http://www.makeminechocolate.org

2007 Midwest Veterinary Conference - For the fifth year,
CHRS will have a booth at the upcoming Midwest Vet
Conference on February 22-25, 2007. The annual
conference has an average attendance of 6,000 vets,
technicians, hospital managers, staff, students, and animal
welfare professionals. Our booth features an exercise pen,
samples of different types of hay and litter, a "food
pyramid" showing the components of a proper rabbit diet,
and a DVD player showing short videos on living space,
daily routines, and exercise.

* Indiana http://www.indianahrs.org

Indiana HRS was hard at work in 2006. Early in the year,
HRS Educator, Karen Woznick, led a team of volunteers
to launch a new website with expanded content. Since
launch, website traffic has increased 1000%. We have
received very positive feedback and are looking to make
additional improvements in 2007.

Another important activity has been expanding our Petco
rabbit adoption program (4 stores). We apply the same
adoption policies to our Petco foster rabbits as our rabbits
housed in traditional foster care. Since the implementation
of this program in 2005, 53 rabbits have been rescued to
support this adoption program for which IHRS would not
have had foster care space.

The success of this program hinges on our Bunny Buddy
Rabbit Socialization Volunteers. Our Bunny Buddies
provide daily exercise and 1:1 attention for our foster
rabbits and educate the general public on how to care for
companion rabbits. To date, we have had approximately
1000 volunteer shifts representing over 2000 volunteer hours.

We are able to reach the public even when our Bunny
Buddies are not in the store. Our educational material is
available during store operating hours. The public has taken
more than 5000 educational handouts on living with a
companion rabbit, housing, litter training, pellets and hay,
greens, toys, veterinary care, and pairing rabbits. Our
volunteers answer phone calls and e-mail questions resulting
from our literature, answering 300% more requests over
last year.

Once our expansion to the Speedway store is complete
later this month, we will have eliminated the sale of baby
rabbits at Petco stores in Indianapolis (6 stores). We are
projecting 72 adoptions/year in Indianapolis, while
eliminating the sale of approximately 160 baby rabbits. We
are thrilled to save shelter rabbits while also eliminating
potential shelter surrenders down the road due to impulse
purchases.

We are replicating the success in Indianapolis, recruiting
volunteer support for all Petco locations in the state of
Indiana: Bloomington, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Highland,
Kokomo, Merrillville, Mishawaka, and Terre Haute.

* Arkansas

2006 was a busy year for HRS Arkansas Educator,
Sharon Dumas. Besides volunteering at a veterinary
conference in St Louis, Sharon again traveled throughout
the state to several libraries hosting "Paws and Claws,
Tails and Scales", a reading program for children. Scores
of children attended (and adults) attended and were
educated about the wonders of animals.

In October, the first meeting of the Pet Rabbit Network
(founded by Sharon and Erin Bradford) was held.
Distributing valuable rabbit care and veterinary information
and treat samples, the initial meeting was a success. Two
months later, the number of attendees doubled. Holiday
photos and nail trimmings were had by all! The next meeting
is scheduled for February.
Sharon Dumas, HRS Educator since 1990, Arkansas
idadumas@...

(Ed. Note: House Rabbit Society wishes you much success
with this ambitious and important outreach endeavor.)

* Charleston SC Branch of the North Georgia Chapter
http://www.houserabbitga.org/

2006 has been an exciting year for us here in Charleston, SC.
Our area Petsmart store in Mount Pleasant, SC, began an
adoption program with us in summer of 2005 decided in
2006 to dedicate two cages in their "cat and rabbit"
adoption center to us! This is one of the newer Petsmart
stores that has their adoption center behind plexiglass with
a long narrow playing room behind the cages. The staff
has been overjoyed at having the buns there, and most days
will take them out to play in the safe playroom several times
a day. Most of the bunnies quickly learn how to use the
stepping stools to get in and out of their cages on their own,
so little lifting is needed. We still have our dedicated area
fosterer, Lynda Cunningham, but we are now able to have
twice the bunnies at any given time. It is so small
compared to most branches and main chapters, but every
bunny saved means just as much!

In 2006 we did a whopping 6 adoptions! That seems like
small potatoes to most of you, but 2005 we only managed
two. One very special adoption was Schroeder. This
darling Dutch/MiniRex mix was at a county shelter in the
euthanisation room. His crime was that he had nipped a
staff member--on the shoulder, didn't bite through her
scrubs, and he had just been abused by numerous
children carrying him around the shelter the prior day.
After a heated battle with management to convince them
that he was not a menace to society, I finally managed to
spring him free. Thanks to Lynda's 11 year old son
Joseph, we found a temporary place for Schroeder to
live--on the bottom bunk of Joseph's bunk bed! As soon
as we could get an open space at the Petsmart, Schroeder
went to stay there and was quickly adopted by a family
whose teenage daughter had been volunteering to clean
cages. He is now living the good life, and is also learning a
great deal about algebra as he assists Haley with her
homework each night!

Another special adoption was Rita. Many of you in the
southern states may remember Rita, the big black/agouti
rex mix who was rescued from a horrific situation in fall
2005 after the hurricane she was named for. Rita had many
temporary places to stay, but she finally wound up here in
Charleston where Lynda fostered her for several months
and taught her to trust humans again. Then came even more
excitement--someone wanted to adopt Rita and bond her
to a boy bunny named Scooter! At their first introduction
it was clear that the bond was possible--and also that all 4
vets whom Scooter had been seen by were greatly
mistaken. Scooter's owner had been repeatedly told that
"he" was a neutered male, and the massive dewlap was a
giveaway--Scooter was a girl! We directed Scooter's
human to a good rabbit vet who performed the spay, and
were relieved to find that although Scooter had the
beginnings of cancer in her uterus, it was in the very early
stages and she has a very good prognosis. Meanwhile,
Rita and Scooter are best friends, and are usually snuggling
or grooming one another.

Each bunny has his or her own special story to tell. I hope
that I've done justice to these two, but each one was very
special in his or her own way. Thank you to all who have
supported us, and we hope for an even greater 2007!

* Colorado http://www.coloradohrs.com

The Colorado House Rabbit Society is delighted with the
remodeling of one of its bunny rooms. The floor was raised
and sloped into a gutter, making it possible to clean the
entire area with a hose. The wall and floors were painted
complimentary creamy colors, with the floors wonderfully
textured for the rabbits' feet. The steel pens are a muted
evergreen color. There are eight 4' x 5' pens across the
back, with eight 4' x 4' pens in front. The front pens can
be opened into each other by pocket doors, to make a
single 32' long run, or any multiple of 4' pens. Finally, there
is space for 14 crates above the back pens.

The rabbits who are enjoying this new space are grateful to
all who made it possible--as are we!

The Colorado House Rabbit Society is formally establishing
the "Northeast" Satellite in Greeley, run by Debby Schmidt,
and the "Northwest" satellite in Grand Junction, run by Sandy
Roberts. In the past, our satellites have mostly represented
us with teaching in their respective locations. These two will
take in and place their own rabbits, have their own bank
accounts, and work toward becoming full fledged chapters.
Meanwhile, their web-sites can be accessed through ours:
www.coloradohrs.com.

We are excited about the efforts made by Debby and
Sandy, and the support given them by many of our members!

Nancy LaRoche
Co-Manager
Colorado House Rabbit Society

* New Jersey http://www.njhrs.com/

The New Jersey House Rabbit Society's Lower Cost
Rabbit Spay/Neuter Certificate program has just successfully
completed its first year. To date, we have sold 60
spay/neuter certificates. Spay is $85 and neuter is $65.
Without spay/neuter certificates, rabbit guardians here in
NJ can be charged on the low end, $250 for neuter, $350
for spay and on the high end, $350 for neuter and $460 for
spay (for surgeries without complications). We have
several participating veterinarians and are working to
encourage more to join our program. Veterinarians have
agreed to accept a special fee from NJHRS and the chapter
pays the doctor the difference of the amount collected for
the certificate and the contracted doctor fee. We hope to
grow the program by adding more veterinarians and add to
our fund through grants.

* San Diego http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/san-diego/

San Diego HRS is working to end the sale of rabbits in their
local shelters and write in a letter to Petco management:
"How can PETCO, in good conscience, begin to sell
animals they know are already languishing in local shelters
in huge numbers? With more than 500 rabbits coming into
local shelters and humane societies each year, what is
PETCO thinking? Certainly not their "supposed" mission
of "Think Adoption First."

Please support San Diego HRS in their campaign to stop
Petco from buying and selling rabbits, while local shelters
and rescue groups are inundated with homeless rabbits.
For more information about San Diego's work and what you
can do to help them, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/364w6t

* Portland http://www.adoptarabbit.com/

Portland Rabbit Advocates will be working at a massive
Rabbit Adoption Super Bowl this Sat. Feb. 3, at the Oregon
Humane Society. This event is being held to find homes for
over 150 neglected rabbits in one day.

The rabbits are part of one of the largest and strangest
animal abuse cases in Oregon history. They were rescued from
neglect last October, then stolen from custody in January,
then discovered in a hideout last week and recovered by authorities.

This Saturday, their long saga will hopefully come to a happy conclusion. The
general public is invited to come to the
Hillsboro Police Department and participate in the Super
Bowl Bunny Blitz. The goal is to find homes for over 150
rabbits in one day—a record of Super Bowl proportions.

How did over 150 rabbits end up in a police precinct building?
In October, Hillsboro police and investigators from OHS rescued
158 rabbits from the suburban home of Miriam E. Sakewitz.
Another 88 dead rabbits were found on the scene.

While the criminal case against Sakewitz was being pursued,
the rabbits were under the care of Portland Rabbit Advocate volunteers and staff
from OHS. In late January, the building
housing the rabbits was burglarized and 150 animals stolen.
The trail led back to Sakewitz, who was arrested in Chehalis
where police found the 150 stolen animals plus many more
that she had acquired after she was charged with neglect.
A judge recently awarded custody of the rabbits to the
Hillsboro Police, which is placing them up for adoption this Saturday.

Donations to help Rabbit Advocates, who covered much of the
rabbits' medical needs, would be most welcome and can be sent
to Rabbit Advocates, PO Box l4235, Portland, Oregon 97293-0235.

http://www.oregonhumane.org/news/BunnySuperBowl.htm

* HRS Headquarters and Rabbit Center
http://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/index.html

The HRS Headquarters and Rabbit Center has been busier
than ever. Adoptions are up, but unfortunately, so are
returns so we are re-doubling our efforts to ensure that our
adoptions are happy and permanent.

Our store, The Hop Shop, has a lot of amazing new items
so if you're in the Bay Area, please be sure to come by for
a visit.

We also have a lot of exciting new classes coming up in
2007, including Bunny Bonding, Clicker Training, Children
and Rabbits, Grooming, Litter Box Training, Caring for a
Special Needs Rabbit, Working with Biting Bunnies,
Solving Behavioral Problems, T-Touch, Acupuncture,
Bunny Nutrition, and Coping with Loss. To find out more
about these events and other Rabbit Center activities,
please consider joining the Rabbit Center Announcement
List at rabbit-center-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.


** House Rabbit Society Chapter Grants

In the past few months, HRS has awarded a number of $3,000
grants to our chapters, allowing them to better help the
rabbits and the public in their own areas. Recent grantees
include:

Las Vegas HRS. The chapter is using the funds to renovate
the rabbit adoption center at the Lied Animal Shelter in
Las Vegas. To find out more about the renovation, and other
Las Vegas HRS activities, go to http://www.bunnyrescuefund.org/

Buckeye HRS. The chapter used their funds to assist them with
their general operating expenses. Finances within the chapter
had been strained due to a crisis involving over 80 rabbits in
a single home in Lorain County, Ohio. Buckeye assisted with
spays and neuteres, purchasing food and supplies, and finding
homes for dozens of these rabbits. To find out more about
Buckeye's activities, go to http://www.ohare.org/

St. Louis HRS. The chapter used their funds to help with
operating expenses, but especially medical expenses, food,
and housing costs. The St. Louis chapter maintains almost
200 rabbits at a time in their foster system, and finances
can be strained. The successes of their program are evident,
however, in the successful adoptions (over 150 each year),
as well as the chapter's outreach programs, which include
an annual Veterinary Conference, a Bunny Expo, and the Kids
Talking to Kids program. To find out more about St. Louis's
activities, go to
http://members.petfinder.org/~MO56/index.html

Seattle HRS. The chapter is using their funds primarily to
pay veterinary costs. The chapter's primary veterinarian
and a great friend of rabbits, Dr. Barbara Deeb, passed away i
n 2005, and the chapter has struggled with the loss of such
a great friend and supporter, as well as with higher medical
costs as a result, especially with a large number of permanently
disabled rabbits in their care. To find out more about
Seattle's activites, go to
http://www.rabbitrodentferret.org/rabbitrodentferret.org/index.asp


** 2007 Calendars Still Available!

The Missouri and Vancouver chapters of HRS have beautiful 2007
calendars. Have you not gotten yours yet?

http://www.vrra.org/gifts.htm
http://members.petfinder.org/~MO56/index.html


** Become a Member of House Rabbit Society

If you are not a member of House Rabbit Society, please
take this opportunity to join us. A yearly tax-deductible
membership costs only $18, or $25 for international
memberships. If you already are a member, thank you,
and please remember to renew. All members receive
the Society's newsletter, House Rabbit Journal, edited by
House Rabbit Society founder and author of The House
Rabbit Handbook, Marinell Harriman. Please go to:
http://rabbit.org/hrs-info/joining.html


** This newsletter is dedicated to all the wonderful rabbits
in shelters, waiting patiently, to go to there forever homes.


** On behalf of the rabbits, thank you.


What's New at HRS? editor, signing off,
Cwynar & Co.
c.cwynar@...

Connie: We will miss your passion and your energy and
your beautiful newsletters! Thank you for all of your work.
Margo