Shuman The Rabbit Haven Annmarie and Ashley Curly Sue

Welcome to The Rabbit Haven, a community of and for rabbits and their guardians, serving the Bay Area since 1987.

The Rabbit Haven rescues injured and abandoned rabbits and accepts surrendered rabbits from the general public or the SPCA in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey Counties.  We then work to place these rescued rabbits into loving permanent or foster homes. The Rabbit Haven also works in the community, at schools, and with our local SPCA shelter and other education groups to educate the public on rabbit care, feeding, grooming, medical needs, social requirements and behaviors.

News and Videos From the Haven
Bunny Fest 2012
BunnyFest 2012 is this Sunday, May 20! For a full description of the event, the presentations, the vendors and all the other features of Bunny Fest, see our special Bunny Fest website.

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HOW YOU CAN HELP - THE BUNNIES NEED YOU!

Volunteer - Help us rescue and care for rabbits in need. Read more about how you can help bunnies in need.
Foster - Our system is over-capacity we are in desperate need of quality, reliable foster sites.View Our Application Form
Adopt - View our Adoption Showcase to see rabbits currently available through the Haven and local area shelters Fill out our Pre-Adoption Questionnaire and bring it to our Adoption Day Events to get a head start on the paperwork. View our Adoption Contract
Donate Make a PayPal donation 
or donate by check
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Support Our Sponsors - The Rabbit Haven receives generous donations from many sources. See a list of our sponsors now.
Image of a Rescued Special Needs Rabbit The Haven's Special Needs Rescues

The Rabbit Haven rescues many rabbits that are injured or ill. These require extra expenses for veterinary care and special adoptive homes.

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Please help if you can!

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Bernice Needs Our Help
Bernice is a very small 3 pound black dutch bunny who has a serious eye injury. The eye is swollen and abscessed, and along with our vets we are doing everything we can to save her eye.

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Lisette and Her Two Litters
Lisette came to The Haven with a litter of ten tiny babies. In early May, she surprised us with another litter of nine! Both litters are looking for foster or adoptive homes.

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Earful Photo Contest
The winner for the 2012 Earful photo contest has been chosen, along with 3 runners up and one honorable mention. Check out all of the winning photos!

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Buy or Sell a Home,
Rescue Abandoned Rabbits
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When you buy or sell a home, you can generate a big donation for The Rabbit Haven - at zero cost to you. My Broker Donates connects you with best-in-market agents who donate 15% of their fee to The Rabbit Haven. You choose the agent you like best. Buy or sell a home, help rescue abandoned and injured rabbits in the Santa Cruz area.

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Mother and Babies Rescued from Santa Clara County
Late Thursday evening a local Santa Clara animal advocate organized a rescue in Santa Clara County. Fifteen rabbits were saved from a place where they were running wild and in danger of being eaten by a local man who has a history being a great danger to rabbits.

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Precious Autumn Needs Your Help
Autumn is a dwarf silver martin bunny who suffered a broken front leg after a jump at home. She has required multiple splintings to get a good alignment on the bone so that she can recover fully. We expect these procedures to be expensive, and we are asking for financial help for Autumn's vet bills.

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Featured Rabbits

Precious

Meet Precious

Just as her name implies, this sweet girl is simply Precious. She is a very loving and social bunny who adores attention. She eats lots of timothy, oat hay, and orchard grass, loves spring mix, and eats a 1/4 cup of pellets a day. Her favorite treat is a baby carrot, but she only gets one a day! Precious is excellent with her litter box habits, and likes her hay basket next to her box. Her favorite toys are dark willow balls and noise makers like cat balls with bells. She will also play with a small stuffed bunny friend. She loves when she gets to run free in a safe, bunny-proof room and gets to explore and goof around. She is a lot of fun to watch when she has her adventures! Precious' ears were clipped, but they have healed very well. Because bunny ears help regulate temperature, she needs a little help - a house that isn't too warm or too cold will be just right! Lots of love will help too. She loves attention.

Precious is used to having a dog and cats around. They don't bother her a bit! Precious will make a wonderful addition to a family looking for an entertaining and loving companion.

Contact Auntie Heather to find out more

Colton

Meet Colton

My name is Colton. I am a most handsome chocolate colored rex rabbit who is about 2 years old. I have the softest of fur and a very nice personality to match. I am very happy to be out of an old cramped space the breeder kept me in. Yuck!! It was so small, dirty and no food!!! I love to binky and kick my heels up to express my overwhelming happiness at my new life as a house rabbit. I am learning to enjoy all the spoils of house bunnies like lots of fresh hay, dark leafy organic greens, willow toys, and even card board boxes ! I can't wait to find my forever human family. Hey, maybe your girl bunny might find me attractive. Well I am open to meeting a companion.

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Other Services We Provide
We also provide the following services:
  • Matchmaking & Bonding - Looking for a friend for your spayed or neutered rabbit? We have skilled rabbit matchmaking services and bonding assistance. We will also train you so you can carry on the practices at home.
  • Free Nail Trims
  • Bunny Home Check - Haven educators who you how to give a home health check to your bunny and will show you first hand. Bring your rabbit in to any of our events for this free service. We are not veterinarians. Our staff provide helpful health care information for the well being of your rabbit(s).
  • Bunny Sitting - services available through Rabbit Haven: Call Heather 831 600-7479 or email director@therabbithaven.org. Book early for holidays.
  • Veterinary Referrals
  • Volunteer training
Help the Bunnies by Lending Your Financial Support Come to an Adoption Show!

Can you help? Contact Us or make a donation today or Donate Items From Our Wish List

Support This Site
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Other Ways to Help:

Shop Online?

Would you like a portion of your purchase to make a difference in the lives of homeless bunnies?  

Then sign up with iGive and CatalogCity, enter Rabbit Haven as your 'cause,' and hundreds of retailers will donate to The Rabbit Haven every time you shop - at no cost to you! 

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ALERT- Desperately Seeking Foster Sites!

The Rabbit Haven is brimming full of bunnies that need foster or adoptive home NOW! PLEASE help us help them and the shelters we work with. Call Heather if you can foster or it you want to adopt even one! T: (831) 600-7479 or Email: director@therabbithaven.org


Pooh

Little Baby Pooh died after a Veterinarian advised his people to treat him with Frontline. His little sister survived but now suffers from seizures. His people are heartbroken. Please do not use Frontline on or around your rabbits! Click the banner above to read more about the dangers of Frontline and other flea treatments.


In Memoriam - Remembering beloved bunnies who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge

The Rabbit Haven now has a MySpace site. Stop by and visit us on MySpace!
The Rabbit Haven is on Facebook. Check out our site!
See The Rabbit Haven's LiveJournal site.
You can also visit us on Petfinder.
The Rabbit Haven's website has won a Munchkin Award for excellent rabbit oriented websites. Thank you to Boing Online for choosing us!

A Rabbit Haven adoption show

Girl in a pen with a Bunny at an adoption show

Boy with a Bunny

Free nail trims at every show!

Bunny getting a nail trim

Kaleb and his new Mom

Kaleb Finds a new Home

Aurora finds her forever home

Aurora Finds her Forever Home