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I love Marcy & SaveABunny. I've adopted 2 rabbits from them over the last few years. I truly believe in their screening process and back it 100%. Some people think they know how to care for a rabbit but they don't and I trust that Marcy does what's best for the rabbits. SaveABunny does great rescue work and I have nothing but praise for them. These one star reviewers are idiots. Period. I can tell they don't really understand rabbit rescue at all. They just want a pet rabbit. I haven't been back to SaveABunny since 2005 so it's not like I'm actively involved with them everyday to give them a good review.
Last week I adopted another rabbit from OAS, which I found through SAB. The collaboration with other shelters is flawless. If someone gets rejected from SAB, chances are there's something wrong with the person or how they plan to "take care" of the rabbit . I am sure these people haven't seen even a quarter of what Marcy has seen some of the most abused rabbits go through. That said, this is one of the BEST rabbit rescues you will ever find.
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Marcy is one of the most productive, dedicated people I've ever met, regarding rabbit rescue, education, and adoption. She is both compassionate and professional. Marcy conducts her rabbit rescue organization with intelligence and honesty, and I highly recommend SaveABunny.
My beautiful buns came from Save A Bunny.
We had a very good experience with SaveABunny. Marcy helped us pick Roni, a sweet lion-head rabbit with soft gray fur. Our white rabbit, Radar, stayed with Roni for a week at SaveABunny so Marcy could help them bond. The bonding was very successful and Radar treats Roni like a little princess!
My husband and I found a boyfriend for Lashes from Save A Bunny. Someone referred Marcy as the bunny whisperer, and she lived up to her nickname. Marcy and her volunteer staff were extremely knowledgeable.
While the adoption process was very easy for us because Lashes basically picked out her own partner, there is a very thorough screening process. Marcy said so herself that she is very protective of her rabbits.
Small dwarf rabbits get a lot of attention, but Marcy is very adamant about not placing them with families the small children. Dwarf rabbits are more nervous by nature and has higher risk of getting physically injured.
One negative experience was that Marcy tried to convince us very hard to donate $25 for each night that the rabbits stay at her house while she kept an eye on their bonding progress. (She thought they would need to stay for 3 nights) While we believe in the organization's cause, it's not fun to be pushed into something like that. We purchased $80 worth of supplies from her for now and we will definitely keep her in mind next time we are making charitable contributions.
Overall, I highly recommend going to Save A Bunny if you are thinking of adopting a rabbit. It seems like tthere are 50-75 rabbits at any given time to choose from. Even if you don't end up adopting from here, Marcy is very insightful.
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Yeah, I get that a rabbit isn't the most common pet people have, but once you get one (or four) you become enchanted by their personalties and begin to brag about their litter box skills and how stinking cute they can be. SaveABunny is the place to go to learn all about how to live with a rabbit in your house or apartment and get really educated about your pet before you adopt (why can't people do the same thing with children?). It is also a fun place to volunteer.
You can help with gardening, grooming, outreach events and cleaning (which as a princess, I can tell you actually isn't so bad!). They also always have a stash of chocolate lying around for volunteers to eat (a bonus).
The best part about this organization is you are helping animals that need homes due to stupid people who were too lame to be responsible pet parents which inevitably puts you in the lottery to not go to hell. What more could you ask for? Pets, education, fun and karmic points!
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If you're not serious about adopting a rabbit, you shouldn't come to Save A Bunny. That said, if you're not serious about adopting a rabbit, PLEASE don't adopt one. Save A Bunny is an amazing rescue that is doing great things for homeless, abandoned, and mistreated rabbits from all over.
Let's keep it real- I'd read some of the negative reviews about the selective and intense adoption process that Save A Bunny requires of its potential adopters, and was a little apprehensive. No one likes to feel like saving a bunny's life and bringing them into their home should be more trouble than it is a good deed. But our experience has been nothing like that. For months, my boyfriend and I had been searching for the right female bunny to bond with our bunny Ted. We have visited HRS (we're members), The Rabbit Haven, Humane Societies all over the bay area, shelters, rescues, and adoption shows. While these organizations are fantastic, we found that Marcy's understanding of rabbits and her style of taking care of business suited our needs to a T. We didn't feel pressure or guilt like we had with other places, where you literally feel like bunnies are being shoved in your arms and told to go home with you without ensuring he/she is the right match.
Marcy sat down with us and spent an entire day (literally, from 1-5 pm) helping us find the right match for our bunny, as well as paying attention to what my boyfriend and I were looking for in a rabbit. While she warned us not to be "lopists" (haha) by setting our sights only on lops like our Ted, she also brought out the female lops that were available. Turns out, they were bad matches for our lop! We asked her to go with her gut and she picked out a beautiful, sweet mini-rex girl. They got along fabulously and, while we are just starting the bonding process, it looks like a bright future for us, for Ted, and especially for our new precious little girl bunny.
Fees. We paid $160, which includes the adoption fee ($85) and the bonding boarding for 3 days ($25 a day), which they recommend they handle since they can recognize certain signs and also provide a neutral territory for the bunnies to get acquainted. We were grateful for this, and don't think it's unreasonable. It gave us extra time to prepare at home.
Final notes. Rabbit people can be weird. Rabbit rescue people can be pushy. Marcy is neither of these. We set out to find the right bunny and told Marcy up front that we wanted to be 110% sure we'd picked the right one. She gets it, and that's why Save a Bunny gets our 5 stars!
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SAVE A BUNNY, BITCHES!!!!
Foster or adopt a rescued bunny rabbit. Honestly, I fucking love dogs but nothing and i mean NOTHING is cuter than a baby bunny rabbit. I got to hold a bunny at an adoption event recently and man, i wanted to squeeze that bunny until she exploded! kinda like a mom who shakes their baby to death because they are so filled with homicidal rage. except by homicidal rage i mean, PURE BUNNY LOVE and by death i mean, ponies. You get the idea.
Adopt a bunny or give them all your money. Ooh...and you can buy tote bags with the bunnies acting out the seven deadly sins on their website. the lust one? can't say that i'm not turned on*.
*JOKE!!!
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Working with SaveABunny, I've had the pleasure of seeing many rabbits find forever homes. The people in this organization really care, and they do a great job saving rabbits, an often under appreciated animal. Plus they throw great parties! And my buns love their cookie treats. :)
Update May 12, 2009:
Seeing some of the people criticizing SaveABunny in the way that they're doing here hurts, because a lot of people don't realize what a tough thing it is to run a rescue. Some thoughts (from a volunteer):
1) SaveABunny doesn't always respond immediately to everyone because there is SO much to do, and volunteers can be tough to wrangle; there just end up being busier weeks. I know I'm tough to wrangle during periods of heavy works @ school, I can't imagine how difficult it is to wrangle a bunch of people like me!
2) People can be mean to us. Read Marcy's response to person complaining about outreach! I've been to a bunch of outreach and most people we talk to are great, but occasionally there are haters who get off on saying cruel things and trying to make us feel bad. I run into this all the time, people who joke about eating rabbits; I'm not sure where this compulsion comes from but yes, it does make us feel bad. I can't imagine how it is for someone like Marcy and other dedicated volunteers, doing rescue work closer to 24/7.
3) SaveABunny tries hard to find good homes for rescued rabbits, and so naturally we can be cautious about potential homes -- maybe we had a rabbit come back recently. Do we make mistakes? Of course! We're only human! And if we did, and Rabbit Haven or someone else doesn't, then we're still glad in the end that a rabbit found a good home.
Anyway... a little patience please? If you have a complaint, emailing us again and even again after that (remember: volunteer staffers!) might be more constructive than a one-star review.
I once went with Marcy while she visited a sick and traumatized rabbit at the SF ACC to try to figure out the rabbit's chances for life, and if SaveABunny should invest the time, love and energy for this rabbit -- it was a real lesson for me about the strength, love & compassion that is constantly required to do this kind of work.
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I rescued both my bunnies from Marcy at SaveaBunny (originally Pooh and Diego, now Millie and Nemo, respectively!). I found it VERY easy and smooth during the adoption process. I had Millie first, then I decided to get another. Marcy allowed me to put my Millie through a "dating" process. Millie was very protective of her space, but after an hour or so, she made it clear that she'd like her life partner to be Nemo.
Marcy is very protective of her bunnies. She treats them as her own kids and carefully screens. This is important since all these bunnies come from neglectful pasts. If you don't have the patience to get a short screening, then you're probably not ready to be a bunny's forever home!
Oh, and Marcy looks a lot like Cheri Oteri from Saturday Night Live. Makes meeting her even more fun!
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Although I have not adopted a rabbit through SaveABunny, they are a highly respected and fantastic group to work with. I've been fortunate enough to hear their founder, Marcy Schaaf, speak at a several events. She's very knowledgeable and compassionate about many aspects of rabbit care, health and behavior.
They've done some very clever money raising campaigns, including the recent Mr Pinkerton for president. http://mrpinkerton.sav.../
As far as rescues go, I've always been impressed with how innovative and in front of the curve they are too. They have a fantastic website and are always able to provide helpful advice to the public.
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So I will admit to being confused as to why anyone would refer to SaveABunny as a "so-called 'rescue' agency." They rescue rabbits. From shelters. Before they are euthanised I have seen said rabbits with my own eyes. In fact, I have cleaned their litter boxes, changed their water and fed them hay. Let me tell you, those are some clean, well loved and impeccably cared for rabbits. Those who have been physically abused or neglected receive the highest, around the clock medical care possible. And those who have been emotionally damaged receive a calm and patient environment in which to heal. Isn't that what an animal recue organization does?
Drawing the conclusion that because some bunnies remain at SaveABunny for over a year means that SaveABunny is not interested in adopting out their rabbits is just as logical as drawing the conclusion that because I am 35 and single, I am not interested in getting married. Just as I have not yet found the right guy for me (okay, I have but we're not married yet), we have not yet found the best forever homes for some of our buns. Adopting a rabbit is making an 8-12 year commitment. If you are put off by an in depth screening process, then why should we believe that you will be a committed and competent bunny guardian? Heck we all know marriages that haven't lasted as long as 8-12 years, and I am guessing the couple went through a pretty rigorous dating process. And if you still have doubts about SaveABunny's desire to re-home their rabbits, check out the Happy Endings section of the website and you can see all of the happy buns who have found forever homes.
Seriously, SaveABunny is a completely volunteer run, privately funded organization dedicated not only to saving rabbits who have been abused, abandoned, and neglected, but also to guaranteeing that a bunny who has not had a fair or good life gets the best possible future, even if that involves a longer stint at our foster center or in a foster home. We are an up-to-date educational resource for all bunny parents regardless of if they adopted from us or not. SaveABunny encourages a sense of community and often teams with other animal rescue groups to promote the welfare of all abandoned animals. Further, we take our rabbits to visit schools, work with the Girl Scouts, participate in the Blind Baby Beeper Egg hunt and visit homes for mentally impaired adults. I am proud to represent SaveABunny at adoption and outreach events around the Bay Area. And where would I be without the adopted-from-SaveABunny loves of my life Nutella, Sean and Lennon Pierre?
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we love save a bunny! our lil bunny, baskin, has been boarded there twice and each time we've had no problems with them. they are truly passionate about rabbits and they have a ton of em too! they are a shelter foremost and they house rabbits that have been abandoned or ones that need to be rescued. you can check out the various rescue stories they have on their site.
for boarding a rabbit, we were apprehensive at first but after meeting both marcy (the owner) and joann (a volunteer) we felt very comfortable with leaving baskin there. baskin, who is normally quite jumpy, was totally at ease w/ joann and right then we knew that she would be fine there. she was given fresh veggies and hay everyday and a spacious x-pen to roam around in. baskin also got plenty of play time so that she could be the rambunctious lil rabbit that she is.
they also have other services like adoption and bunny bonding that we'll look into one day. and for you peeps who have cute, fat lil bunnies, they have bunny boot camp to get your bunny into shape!
highly recommended!
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Save A Bunny rescues bunnies and wabbits. You can foster or adopt through them, as well as volunteer with the long eared furry friends! They are one of the best animal awareness agencies around!
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You would think that a rabbit rescue agency would be interested in adopting out the bunnies they save. Well, don't look at SaveABunny because they are so particular, and if you don't say the correct things, or have a rabbit who you're trying to pair with, you can kiss off your chances of finding a rabbit at this place. They have rabbits on their website that they have had for almost a year. Doesn't seem as though they are that much in a hurry to adopt their rabbits, now does it? After being nixed by this so called "rescue" agency, we adopted a rabbit from Rabbit Haven in Santa Cruz. At one of the adopting fairs that Rabbit Haven goes to, the director, Heather, helped us match up our rabbit with his soul mate. Our rabbit is a very, very happy bunny and so is his mate!
Suzi H: I can understand your need to defend this rescue agency since you work/volunteer there. However, and I am not alone in this opinion, but your agency is *overly critical* with regard to potential rabbit parents as I have stated. As for truthfulness, our rabbit was physically present when Heather, from Rabbit Haven, paired him up with his soul mate; so, I don't know where your perception of not being completely truthful comes into play here. Hands down, Rabbit Haven is the place to adopt rabbits for us. Heather cares about rabbits and so does her staff and you're right their screenings are selective, but not so critically so much that you don't want to deal with them.
ML S: My experience with SaveABunny was from the perspective of an adoptive rabbit parent, not a volunteer. Because my experience with SaveABunny was not favorable, I stated it here in Yelp as this is the place to enter reviews. Since I had a favorable experience with Rabbit Haven and there are people who look at Yelp for reviews, then if I can share my favorable experience about another organization then it is in the best interest of the rabbits in the shelter and potential rabbit parents. Technically speaking getting people to rabbit shelters, no matter which one, should be your charter, not downgrading the experience of one rabbit parent who had a bad experience with your organization you volunteer at.
My review still stands.
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If you are looking for the perfect pet, then check out SaveABunny. This non-profit rescues rabbits from shelters around the Bay Area, neuters them and adopts out to "forever homes". I have two rabbits from the shelter - Belle and Ferdinand - they are litter box trained and have the run of my apartment. Marcy is the amazing lady who runs the shelter and she's very particular about who she allows to adopt a bunny. They aren't the best pet for small children, but make a great "urban pet". Call in advance or email via the website, you have to be a serious adopter to spend time with the bunnies.
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I adopted my second bunny, Moe, from SAB about a year ago. Marcy and Joanne were so very helpful in bonding the boys, which can sometimes be a scary process since buns can be really nasty to eachother. I was able to leave the boys there a couple of nights to make sure they would be alright together. Now Moe is Jack's favorite thing in the world and his better pair of eyes (Jack is almost blind).
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My daughter BEGGED me for a bunny for her 8th birthday. Of course I had major reservations as I knew a great deal of the responsibility would fall on me. IF, we were to get one, I was sure we were going to get a ridiculously cute dwarf bunny. Thank goodness for the insight and wealth of information provided by the ladies at SaveABunny. Although we did not adopt from their shelter, they painted a realistic picture of the care/costs required. At their recommendation, we ended up with two LARGE bonded bunnies because are less skittish and would better tolerate my 2 rambunctious sons. We've had our bunnies for 3 months now and the love just keeps on growing!!!! They're actually monkeys in bunny clothing!
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