House Rabbit Society (HRS) is a

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organization based in Richmond, California, United States (US), that

rescue Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or the urgent treatment of injuries after an accident or a dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue ...

s and adopts rabbits and educates the community with its curriculum on rabbit care. HRS promotes responsible rabbit guardianship, including

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, regular

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

care,

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, and exercise. HRS takes the stand that domestic rabbits should not live outdoors.Lucky kicks back at bunny shelter
Steve Rubenstein, ''

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'', 31-07-2011, access date 27-12-2011 HRS was granted nonprofit status in 1993.

Organization philosophy

House Rabbit Society believes that all rabbits are valuable animals, regardless of breed purity,

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, state of health, or whether a relationship exists with humans—the welfare of domesticated rabbits is the organization's primary consideration. HRS believes that all domestic rabbits should be spayed or neutered and should live in a human adult's home.

Adoption and education center

In the

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of the US, HRS runs an adoption and education center, the HRS Rabbit Center—also the location of the HRS home office. Prior to the existence of the HRS Rabbit Center, the daily work of the national organization was undertaken in various private homes throughout the country.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.rabbit.org Animal charities based in the United States Non-profit organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area Charities based in California