Have you Found a Bunny or Need to Surrender a Bunny?

We try to help as many bunnies as possible, but we have limited space and resources.

We are a foster based non-profit rescue.

If you need to surrender your pet, please contact us to discuss your options. We will do our best to help your pet find a new home.

Help Us Save Lives

Your support can make a difference in the lives of animals in need. From monetary donations to volunteering your time, there are many ways to help us continue our mission. Join us in making a difference in the lives of animals today.

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Found a domesticated bunny outside?

If you come across a domesticated bunny that has been dumped outside, you can do these few things:

Contact us to try to help catch the dumped bunny
Try to catch it and keep it inside (like in a carrier, pen, or bathroom) till we can see how we can help.
You can use green leafy lettuce (Romaine, red or green leaf. NOT Iceberg), some slices of banana and slices of carrots to help catch the bunny.

When contacting us, please make sure to give us these details:

Where the bunny was seen (address, location, landmarks).
Description of the bunny (colors, size, etc).
If you are actively trying to catch the bunny.
If you are willing to help us catch the bunny.

Email us

Found a nest of wild baby bunnies you think are orphaned?

Maybe not! Before doing anything read this:
www.rabbit.org/faq-orphaned-baby-bunnies/

What is important to remember is that “rescue” extends beyond contacting someone else. Most rescues are volunteer based and funded by donations. It is very helpful for you to donate, foster, or volunteer. You are an integral part of the rescue solution, and the bunnies will thank you!

Need to surrender your bunny?

Note: We do require a Surrender Fee of at least $50 per rabbit surrendered.

This helps Dutchie Buns Rescue to provide food, supplies, and medical care during the rabbit's stay until they find their Fur-ever home into a loving, caring home. This sometimes can take months to find them the best home.

*Note: Please consider donating more, especially if your rabbit(s) have not been spayed/neutered or vaccinated as these costs can add up and will keep the bunnies safe and healthy.

Please completed this form and we will review and be in touch to let you know if we can intake your rabbit(s).

Surrender Inquiry

Found a bunny online?

If you spend time online, you will find many rabbits for sale or given away through online markets such as Craigslist or through social media. Sometimes the bunny may be in poor health, injured, offered as food, or the owner says they will euthanize or dump them.

After reading a listing, bunny lovers will often contact Dutchie Buns Rescue asking us to rescue or “do something.”

We will always try everything we can to help any and every bunny in need. Unfortunately, the reality is that as a volunteer-based organization, Dutchie Buns Rescue simply does not have the resources, volunteers, or the foster families needed to help every bunny (Though we will try our hardest).

Here are the most effective ways to help a bunny found!

Call or contact the person who listed the bunny and find out as much information as possible – name, address, condition of bunny (age, sex, fixed, reason for the posting, exact nature of any injuries or problems, presence of other rabbits). Without specific information, very little can be done.
If the bunny is located near you, please consider becoming a hero by rescuing the bunny yourself, and either provide the bunny a forever home or work with us to become a foster family while we work to find a furever home for the bunny.
If you suspect the bunny is being abused and the poster is in violation of local animal protection laws (you will need to research the Missouri Current Animal laws), contact animal services in the geographic area closest to where the bunny is located. These offices are always extremely busy, so for the bunny’s sake please do your part – do not simply forward the listing to them but do as much #1 as possible.
Volunteer, foster, and adopt with our rescue. The more people directly engaged in hands-on rescue work, the more our rescue program can be expanded, and the more bunnies saved.
If you cannot volunteer, please consider making a donation of money or supplies to a rescue or shelter.