Rescuing Rabbits with Amy’s Bunny Barn
We’re releasing this episode in time for International Rabbit Day – a celebration of our favourite floppy-eared lagomorphs. While rabbits do make wonderful companions, they
September 27, 2024
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Three ways releasing rabbits leads to long-term harms
Bunnies bought as gifts aren’t native to Canada and their release puts them, and others, at risk
March 25, 2024
Garden deterrents can harm wildlife
Caustic substances can damage sensitive eyes and noses of animals. Consider these alternatives!
June 9, 2023
UPDATED: Vancouver Airport killing rabbits
Your voice made an impact! YVR commits to finding new solutions to rabbits near airport.
June 23, 2021
Beyond Easter Bunnies with Ladybird Animal Sanctuary
Lisa Winn of Ladybird Animal Sanctuary joins the podcast to talk Easter bunnies, why you should always focus on adoption for pets, and what welcoming a rabbit into your family means.
April 18, 2019
News Brief: 519 – Fostering Compassion Thru Storytelling
The Gryphon Press is printing books to help children be more compassionate and learn about important issues facing dogs, cats, wildlife and other animals! Get it in five with this Defender Radio News Brief!
March 19, 2018
Province beefs up security to bust bunny dumpers
Bunny dumpers beware: the province is watching. After years of people leaving unwanted pet rabbits (not the same as wild rabbits) near an active intersection
August 16, 2016
BC ignoring pleas for humane solutions to feral rabbits
When pet rabbits are abandoned, they quickly become feral, and start multiplying. And in British Columbia, that’s a death sentence. Dr. Patricia Tallman, an environmental
September 25, 2015
Cruelty can be stopped: Rabbit had paws cut off while alive, left for dead
The Cambridge (Ontario) and District Humane Society has the unfortunate task of investigating a case in which a rabbit had his paws cut off while
July 29, 2015
Always report animal cruelty: SPCA seizes 50 rabbits in Nanaimo
In what is being dubbed the largest ever rescue of rabbits in the BC SPCA’s history, approximately 50 rabbits that were being raised for meat
April 23, 2015
Episode 220: The Easter Bunny exposed!
As sure as eggs are being hidden by the Easter bunny in homes across the country this week, many parents are planning special gifts for
March 23, 2015
Top designers linked to inhumane treatment of rabbits
A massive investigation in Spain has unveiled the horrific conditions forced upon rabbits kept for their fur – and connected these tragic realities to the
September 24, 2014
Will we humans ever learn?
Interfering in nature causes nature to rebel. It’s difficult at times to grasp the massive complexity of individual ecosystems, let alone how those ecosystems work
May 25, 2014
Harrowing Easter weekend for Calgary rabbit
A disturbing trend of trapping in Calgary has culminated in another frightening incident. According to resident Brenda Willy, a rabbit dragged a two-foot chain and
April 28, 2014
