Welcome to Wild Rescue, Inc.
We've updated our pages with more domestic rabbit and wildlife information, more online resources, and a whole bunny load of new pictures and stories for you to enjoy! We encourage you to explore the site and see what's new at Wild Rescue. It's been a challenging few years for us, but we will continue to provide the domestic rabbits and wildlife of North Texas with the best care and advocacy we can. We are looking for a hero! This domestic rabbit was abandoned and is now sitting at the Arlington shelter -- it is scheduled to be euthanized on Sunday November 29th unless someone steps in to offer it a home. Can you be that hero? Please call us ASAP for more information! If you have seen a baby cottontail that you think is in need of help, STOP and read this before attempting a rescue. We have partnered with iGive to provide you with even more ways to help us help the animals. When you sign up with iGive and shop online at participating stores, a percentage of your total purchase will be donated to Wild Rescue -- sign up before April 30th and we receive a $5 bonus! There are hundreds of stores to choose from, including favorites such as JC Penneys, Montgomery Ward, Lane Bryant, 1-800-Flowers, Harry and David, Kmart, Disney, Old Navy, Mrs. Fields, Home Depot, Nordstroms, and many many more. Just sign up with iGive and shop til you drop! A distant relative of the LolCat, the LolBun offer us bunny lovers a rare look into the interior life of those fuzzy, four-legged, powder-puffed butt creatures that share our lives. Prepare to laugh out loud! Petco has stepped up to the adoption plate by placing our rescued rabbits in their Lewisville, Texas store. This Petco does not sell rabbits. Our rabbits stay in a roomy kiosk towards the front of the store, where they get lots of attention from shoppers. Our information is posted on the kiosk and all adoptions go through our adoption coordinator, Karen. The staff have been outstanding and extremely helpful and, because of this effort, ten rabbits have found new homes! That’s huge, and a great step forward for Petco forming alliances with rabbit rescue groups. Just this last Saturday Cooper and Sasha went to a fabulous new home. Two paws up for the Lewisville, Petco store and their staff! And yes, we still hope to bring more Petco’s on board in 2008. It is proof that cooperation and compassion are a great team. It's that time again; time to open a gift that is wrapped in wishes and tenderness, bright eyes and tiny infant bits of life peeking out from the box that holds them safe and warm. Time to share the amazing-ness of this last year; accomplishments and wonders, shouts of joy and tears of release. I invite you, our supporters, adopters, friends and volunteers, to sit with your tea and join me in a few sweet stories of love, perseverance, survival and success. more here... So this is why I do what I do, why you all have chosen to be involved, and why our work is so vital and critical. After a long day of running around and picking up wildlife from this animal control and another (Rick and Lynn were doing the same, Karen is out on a call right now), a call came in from a lady in Richardson. She has a bunny, and was out walking her chocolate lab. Her lab, being a big bud to their own bunny, pulled hard at the leash and whimpered, asking her to go over to the fence around the corner (they were out walking). Along the fence lay this poor creature, on his side, covered in mud and grim, ear mites/ears so infected all he could do was close his eyes in pain. ...more (warning: graphic images) Rabbit manure (poop) is one of the best organic fertilizers EVER. You do not need to compost it and a simple handful worked into the soil where you are going to plant will do absolute wonders! Your garden will look like it never has before. We've just added a new feature to our site! Now you can keep track of bunny adoptions, fundraisers, and educational events with our Google Calendar. We hope you'll check it often and take time to visit us at an event near you. As a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, Wild Rescue Inc. depends solely on support from the community. When you donate to Wild Rescue, every penny goes to the care and welfare of the animals under our wing. We rescue domestic rabbits from virtually every shelter in the North Texas area and beyond, including emergency situations from the public. We currently take in native Texas wildlife such as wild rabbits, hares, reptiles, and other small mammals. Our growth and success is in your hands. Please go to Friends of Henrietta to see what you can do to help us achieve even more for our companion and wild animals. Wild Rescue, Inc. is dedicated to rescuing stray, unwanted, and abused domestic rabbits, and providing them with medical care, shelter, food, safety, and adoption opportunities. We act as advocates for the humane treatment of rabbits and as educators to the public through articles and public awareness campaigns and events.
Bunny Urgently Needs a Home!
BABY COTTONTAIL ALERT!
There is an abandoned cottontail nest with babies in my yard. Before rescuing any cottontail determine if it is truly abandoned. Mom Bun comes to feed her babies only at dawn and dusk, so you may never even see her and think she has abandoned her babies. Lay a piece of dental floss or other string across the babies in the afternoon and then check the next morning to see if the string has been disturbed. If it has, Mom has been by and you have nothing to worry about. If it is still in place, call us for further instructions. Do not remove the babies from their nest!
I have found a baby cottontail outside of its nest. Baby conttontails go mobile between three and four weeks of age. If the cottontail is the size of a baseball, it is old enough to be fully on its own and there is no need to take any action. If the cottontail's eyes are closed or it is smaller than a baseball, simply find the nest and renest it. The nest is usually located close to a house or other sheltered environment in shallow holes lined with dried grasses and fur. If the nest is disturbed, gently replace the baby and put the nesting material back in the nest. Your human smell will not deter Mom from feeding them.
My dog/cat has caught a baby cottontail. Check to see if the rabbit is injured - if there are no injuries, simply locate the nest and renest the baby as directed above. Keep your pet in the house or under supervision when outdoors for the next few weeks. If it is injured or you cannot locate the nest, call us for further instructions.
I have mowed over or disturbed a rabbits nest in my backyard. Check the babies for injuries. If they are uninjured, simply replace the babies and put the nesting material back together. Your human smell will not deter Mom from feeding them. Then lay a piece of dental floss or other string across the babies in the afternoon and then check the next morning to see if the string has been disturbed. If it has been disturbed, Mom has come back to feed them and you have nothing further to worry about. If the string is still in place, call us for further instructions.
Baby cottontails should only go to a wildlife rehabilitator if they have been injured or truly abandoned by their Mom Bun. Everything you can do to keep them in their nests will only add to the success of their survival.
You can always contact us at 940-442-8289 for futher information and advice.
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The LolBuns are here!
Thank you PetCo!
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Why we do what we do:
The scoop on poop!
Our rescued rabbits are free-roaming, eat tons of hay and poop accordingly. In fact, they are pooping machines - which means we always have a BIG supply of rabbit manure!
Please contact 940-442-8289 if you would like to purchase our rabbit poop. By buying this product, you will be helping the wildlife and domestic rabbits in the DFW area that are rescued and come to live at our sanctuary. In other words, what goes around, comes around.
A cup or less of poop will produce extraordinary plants. Buy some and see for yourself!
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Wild rescue, Inc. is also devoted to the rescue of injured and orphaned wildlife for the purpose of rehabilitation and release back into the wild. Our goal is to educate the public on the importance of wildlife and its supporting environment and to promote the coexistence of wildlife in our communities.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Mahatma Gandi