House Rabbit Network Receives Grant From Petco Foundation

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Dec 15, 2017

The House Rabbit Network is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Petco Foundation as part of their Holiday Wishes Campaign. The grant money will be used to support the approximately 70 rabbits in HRN’s care, providing much needed funds for shelter supplies and medical bills. The House Rabbit Network strives to provide medical care for all of our rabbits and this grant will be a huge help. The winning entry was submitted by Gabriella Carroll who adopted Phoebe from HRN. Gabriella wrote lovingly about how Phoebe as helped her through grad school and brought much joy to her life.

About the House Rabbit Network

The House Rabbit Network is a Massachusetts-based 501 ©3 non-profit, all-volunteer organization. We are dedicated to saving and adopting out unwanted bunnies and educating the public about rabbits, placing about 200 fixed rabbits each year into good indoor homes. Donations of any amount are always welcome and are used to support our efforts to find loving, forever homes for each and every bunny. Volunteers are needed too. Thank you for your continued support. For more information and to learn more about the House Rabbit Network please vist our website at www.rabbitnetwork.org

About the Petco Foundation

At the Petco Foundation, believes that every animal deserves to live its best life. Since 1999, they”ve invested more than $167 million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, they inspire and empower communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and medical care programs, spay/neuter services, pet cancer research, service and therapy animals, and numerous other lifesaving initiatives. Through their Think Adoption First program, they partner with Petco stores and animal welfare organizations across the country to increase pet adoptions. So far, they’ve helped more than 5 million pets find their new loving families, and they are just getting started. Visit petcofoundation.org to learn more about how you can get involved.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
HRN Awarded Grant from “I’m Animal Friendly” License Plate Funds.
WOBURN, MA. Sep 10, 2016 – The House Rabbit Network (HRN) is happy to announce they are a recipient of a 2016 grant from the MA “I’m Animal Friendly” license plate program.

The “I’m Animal Friendly” license plates are a program of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition. Funds are dispersed annually to organizations who demonstrate a need for and provide low-cost spay/neuter services. These funds will allow HRN to spay and neuter approximately 80 rabbits that will then be put up for adoption. Suzanne Trayhan,the President of HRN said “We are thrilled to receive this grant. Most people don’t realize that spaying and neutering is also important for rabbits”. In fact, single female rabbits should be fixed due to the high rate of uterine cancer. Male rabbits, like cats, can spray and be obsessed with finding female rabbits. Fixing them also improves litter box habits and calms them down. Rabbits are also notoriously hard to sex leading to many accidental litters when people believe they have two males or two females.
About the Massachusetts Animal Coalition and the “I’m Animal Friendly” License Plate Program:

Massachusetts Animal Coalition (MAC) is a statewide, non-profit organization comprised of animal professionals and individual volunteers dedicated to working together to decrease the number of homeless, neglected, displaced and abused animals in Massachusetts. MAC’s “I’m Animal Friendly” License Plate program helps fund spay and neuter programs across the state. These charitable plates are available through Massachusetts RMV and are tax deductible. href=”www.petplate.org” target=”_blank”>www.petplate.org

About The House Rabbit Network

The House Rabbit Network is a Massachusetts-based 501 ©3 non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to saving and adopting out unwanted bunnies and educating the public about rabbits. HRN provides rabbit education and adoption in Massachusetts.