Dancing Rabbit Refuge - Closed

In support of Solo and his family 💙

RHDV2 update

It’s time to go. Time for me. Time to see where life takes me. Time to close the doors and open myself to the rest of my journey.

It is with sadness, joy, a little fear, and so many memories of wonderful rabbits and wonderful people that I have come to the decision to close Dancing Rabbit Refuge. To take time to focus on the rabbits already in my care (and there are quite a few) and give them the time and attention they deserve. But, also, to focus on living my best life. To take care of my mental and physical health. To step away from social media and to be more present.

I cannot even begin to express my gratitude to all those that have been a part of this journey: the financial donors, volunteers, fosters, adopters, fellow rescue groups, and those willing to crawl through bushes and parking lots and even cross some lines to save a life. A huge thank you to Campus Estates Animal Hospital for their excellent and continued service and care. Thank you as well to Waterloo West Animal Hospital who have also been so kind.

I will be turning off commenting and messaging at the end of the month. Adoption contracts still stand and adopters can reach me privately.

It has been quite the dance.
~ Lisa

Bernie says “Adopt a Bunny!”

So many calls for help and just recently “well there are people with snakes that will take them then..” when I said “no” to a person looking to rehome momma bun and her 8 babies.
Please read and share this excellent post. This applies to all rescues but small animal are the worst because you know their fate is grim every time you say “no.”

Imagine getting contacted and tagged by everyone you know as well as their friends, family, and acquaintances, who saw a post or knew of a homeless person needing help or someone needing a job or someone who was sick and needed help. Now imagine that there is absolutely NOTHING that you yourself are willing or can do to help. That’s what rabbit rescue is like. Everyone wants you to help. Everyone contacts you. Everyone tags you. Think you’d get overwhelmed? Compassion fatigue is real! No matter how small, when it comes to a living creature please think of a way you can help other than tagging and sharing with an already overwhelmed
person/rescue. We want to thank those of you who step up and help when we ask for fosters, volunteers, donations❤️ Thank you for being there and helping us💖🐇 Thank you for not just bringing us a problem but being willing to help with a solution. We are not a shelter. We are a foster based rescue. There’s only so much we can do and even then our volunteers tirelessly try to save as many rabbits as possible. It’s heartbreaking when we run out of room or finances💔 We do our absolute best. Saying no is more difficult than we can explain. Please, please remember we are volunteers, still we receive never ending texts, emails, phone calls and tags everyday all day asking us to help.

Stay Home & Stay Safe