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Please consider donating to the following associations, non-profits, and shelters to help them improve rabbit welfare worldwide.

This list includes associations, non-profits, and shelters from around the world that are deserving of help and recognition. They save lives, shape law, and help the environment for free and for the animal’s well-being.

The purpose of this list is purely informative and the listed shelters do not necessarily represent Boyo Soap’s views and recommendations on rabbit care and welfare.

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Australia

Big Ears: Big Ears started working to protect animals after seeing terrible things in Egypt. As Egypt was a bit too far, they decided to move their work closer to their home, bringing them back to Tasmania. As a mixed animal shelter, they provide information about various animals and their well-being and they offer surrender and rescue services.

The Rabbit Sanctuary: The Rabbit Sanctuary is a rescue, and association that works towards saving bunnies, and ensuring society culturally views them as a valuable pet and a great companion. Situated in New South Wales, they provide information, rescue, and surrender services for rabbits, as well as participating in rescue campaigns as a team with other associations.

Canada

Rabbitats: Rabbitats Rescue Society is a charity dedicated to rescuing abandoned and feral rabbits, as well as promoting and educating humane care and management. Their shelters are situated both in Surrey and Richmond, Canada, and they work alongside other organisations to ensure abandoned rabbits have the chance to get a home.

Abandoned Rabbits: Abandoned Rabbits is the educational and advocacy branch of Rabbitats Rescue Society, a rabbit rescue based in Richmond, BC. They are dedicated to tracking abandoned pet rabbits and the subsequent feral rabbit populations. Further, they aim to educate the public about the issue and push local & provincial governments for support. Please report all sightings of loose pet and feral rabbits as they rely on you to advocate for abandoned rabbits around the globe.

Finland

Suomen Eläinsuojelu Yhdistys (SEY): The Finnish Animal Welfare Association is the main rabbit and animal welfare organisation in Finland. Similarly to the English RSPCA, they work country-wide and are very influential when it comes to animal welfare and wellbeing, and they investigate and manage mistreatment issues, whether this means counselling with the owner or prompting the pertinent authorities to work on the case.
Their influence reaches farms, homes, and other environments, helping all animals whether domesticated, feral, or wild.
People that seek counselling can contact them through phone or their website, and the SEY estimates that they help around 20.000 times throughout the year.
They also provide information regarding animal welfare and wellbeing amongst other information about animals, especially to the youth.
You can find this in their site or their social media including Instagram, Facebook and Youtube.
Their site is mainly in Finnish, but some pages have an English translation.

Germany

Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.: The German Animal Welfare Federation is one of the oldest if not the oldest animal welfare association in Germany. They work towards the right of animal well-being, including physical integrity and an appropriate, dignified life, and their goal is to protect animals in their habitats. Understanding the hardship other welfare associations go through, they offer special branching prices for these. They work as an umbrella for other smaller associations in different European countries such as: Greece, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Turkey, and Hungary.

Netherlands

Konijnenopvang Joy: Konijnenopvang Joy is a rabbit rescue organization based in the Netherlands. They provide care and rehabilitation for abandoned, neglected, and mistreated rabbits, as well as offer education and resources for responsible rabbit care. The organization is run by volunteers who are dedicated to improving the welfare of domestic rabbits and promoting their adoption. They also have a foster program and adoption process to help rabbits find loving forever homes.

This description was created using the assistance of artificial intelligence as we were not able to read the content of their website in a language we could understand.

Poland

Fundacja Azyl dla Królików: or Shelter for Rabbits Foundation is a Polish association and advocacy group born in 2007 after the owners volunteered to save rabbits. This was not enough for them and decided to take the reins of their own association.
Since, they have not only rescued and healed rabbits but have brought the attention to the public about rabbits and their needs, especially the welfare crisis and the abandonment rates.
Sadly, Poland still has a long way to go, and Azyl dla Królików has a lot of work to do, regarding rabbit rights.

They have German, French, and English Facebook pages, and they have their own website in Polish where they share information.

Portugal

Projecto RISCA Projecto RISCA is a Portuguese organisation that works to rescue and inform about guinea pigs, rabbits, chinchillas, rats, and other small animals. Since 2018 they rescue about 150 animals yearly, ensuring they are healed, cared for, and for many of them, re-homed to a loving family. Their website provides the necessary services to adopt those rescued animals. The owners provide information about animal care to people that have adopted or are adopting animals, whether this is from them or from somewhere else. They provide shelter for those animals thanks to wonderful collaborators all around Oporto, Coimbra, and Lisboa, but their rescue service is country-wide. Some of their work also include collaborating with wildlife rehabilitation centres and with city management to shut down illegal breeders.

SOS Coelhos: SOS Coelhos (SOS Rabbits) is a Portuguese non-profit that through their Facebook page help to heal and adopt rabbits. They also provide rescue services and of course, adoption services. They are pretty small and lack a website, thus supporting them will help them grow and be more effective.

Singapore

Bunny Wonderland Singapore: After experiencing what it is to have many bunnies, as well as how badly pet shops and breeders treated them, the owner Jackie decided to work with the House Rabbit Society. She has a resume of rabbit care both in Singapore and the US, and after leaving the US, she decided to create Bunny Wonderland. Throughout the years, she has rescued bunnies that went through abuse, abandonment and near-death experiences, and gave them healthcare, shelter, a new house, and love.

South Africa

Noordhoek Bunny Rescue: Situated in Cape Town, Noordhoek Bunny Rescue works to control, sterilize, and re-home feral rabbits both for their protection, and for the environment’s sake. Since the start of the project, Noordhoek Bunny Rescue worked on ensuring that those feral bunnies were given food, shelter, and love, either by their foster family, or their real family. This comes with having to learn from rabbits and to spread the word on how these wonderful animals can be incredible and loving pets.

Bunny Tales Rescue: Working within Johannesburg , Bunny Tales helps rabbits in need.
They provide veterinary care for the rabbits in the shelter and they provide sponsorships so you can pay for a rabbit’s care.
Some of the rabbits under their care are also feral which means Bunny Tales give them food and protection, like with their vaccination campaigns.
Another service you can contact them about is their boarding service they call “rabbit hotel”, where your rabbit can be take care of by other rabbit lovers.
Find Bunny Tales on Facebook or Instagram.

Spain

APPA La Madriguera La Madriguera (The Warren) is a Spanish non-profit centred on rescuing and re-homing rabbits. They work with foster homes to ensure recuperating rabbits can have a loving quiet place to be in. Most of their work is around Madrid, but they can be accessed country-wide. They also provide information regarding laws and regulations regarding animals and especially rabbits.

Asociación Nacional de Amigos del Conejo: The Friends of Rabbits National Association was born in 2004 and works towards informing rabbit owners. Nowadays, they provide fostering services as they find for a forever home for the rabbits. This includes giving them lots of deserved love and shelter. Although they do not have a specific shelter, they work with people around Madrid to help homeless and rescued rabbits, thus they give them foster homes.

La Vedruna: La Vedruna is an animal sanctuary and non-profit in Barcelona specialised in rabbits and rodents, though they also rescue other animals including goats, sheep, chickens, and more. They also strive to teach about animal welfare. The website does not offer adoption services, but you can always contact them to ask about adoption of any animal or visit the shelter. You can also help them by donations, whether this is monetary or with food, toys and other needs or godfather an animal and helping them taking care them.

Sweden

Sveriges KaninVälfärdsFörening: The Swedish Rabbit Welfare Association was founded in 2005 and work within all Sweden and alongside other organisations. Their main goals are to advocate rabbits as pets and improve their well-being. This includes fostering and taking care of rabbits so they can eventually have a forever home. As many other associations, they also provide information on rabbits and their care.

Uganda

David Rabbits Rescue: Available through Instagram, David Rabbits Rescue is a Ugandan non-profit project to ensure abandoned rabbits in the area are safe and cared for. They sadly do not have a lot of resources, thus they require great help from donors, whether these donate money or goods. The rescue ensures all rabbits have enough food, are taken care of, are healed if necessary, and get proper treatment in grave cases. 

United Kingdom

Maria’s Animal Shelter: As the name suggests, Maria’s Animal Shelter is a shelter for animals. This includes goats, ponies, geese, chickens, guinea pigs, and especially, rabbits! Maria and all the volunteers work very hard to develop and maintain a safe environment for all those wonderful animals that have been abandoned, uncared for, or surrendered. This means a lot of attention and care goes to keeping them healthy, warm, loved, and most importantly, to give them a home regardless of this being the shelter, or someone else’s.

RSPCA: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is the largest animal welfare association in the UK. It not only protects bunnies but all animals. They ensure animal cruelty is ended and work closely with the law enforcement units to track and take down any group or individual hurting and mistreating animals. Thanks to their work, many animals have been rescued and re-homed, as well as many welfare regulations have been developed and accepted because of their influence.

RWAF: The Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund works tirelessly to protect bunnies and inform the owners on bunny care. Their work is found nation-wide and some of their services can be accessed through their webpage. They provide free and paid information about rabbit care and rabbit facts that could better the life of your pet, as well as many others’. They also provide a map of trusted vets and shelters that can be found in their webpage. Active in social media including Twitter and Instagram, you’ve probably already heard their slogan “A hutch is not enough”. Their work is never-ending.

The Bunnyjackpot Foundation: The Bunnyjackpot Foundation is a non-profit organisation that rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes rabbits, and other animals. They work all around the UK, but their headquarters are in Bath.
The Bunnyjackpot foundation is one of the lead organisations focusing on bonding rabbits, and their expertise is looked for world-wide.
They do not have a shelter but work with a foster home system that allows them to bring in the rabbits. All of their animals are checked by a savvy bet and healed when necessary. Some of their animals are residents, that is due to them having some sort of chronic issue, like splayed legs. They also provide bonding services and guidance.

United States of America

FUR: Friends of Unwanted Rabbits is a rescue organisation and shelter focused on rabbits and their wellbeing. You can find their work on Instagram, on Facebook, and of course, on their website. Situated in Folsom, Sacramento, they ensure rabbits recover and find a forever house to live in, as well as taking care of their own. Because of medical procedures and other mounting costs, organisations like these struggle to pay for the bunnies’ health. FUR also provides free information to understand rabbits and their wellbeing.

Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue: Zooh Corner is a rescue organisation and shelter focused on rabbits and their wellbeing. Situated in Pasadena, California, they provide services of rescuing and healing rabbits, and finding them a foster and forever home. You can find their work on Instagram and Facebook, as well as other social media included in their webpage. They also require donations regularly to keep up with their activities, because bunnies are an expensive animal to treat.

Bunny Bunch: Bunny Bunch is a non-profit association that works towards rabbit well-being and welfare. Many of the rabbits they rescue come from city and county shelters, where their lives are taken away, thus bunny bunch gives them a second opportunity to live and find a loving home. Other bunnies are surrendered to them or just rescued by them. You can follow them on social media including Instagram and Facebook, and you can see the list of available animals including guinea pigs and chinchillas in their webpage. Just as many of the other organisations here, they require donations to keep up with healing and helping animals.

This list is ever growing! If you want us to add an organisation, non-profit, or shelter, feel free to contact me through my E-Mail through the “Contact” page.

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