Over 240 rabbits have been positioned for adoption after being confiscated from a house by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Division and the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County in Washington.

Pierce County Animal Management reached out to the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, 

A year-long investigation was launched relating to the family and a “concern [for] the variety of animals” being cared for, in line with Dr. Jennifer Bennett, chief veterinary officer at Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County.

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On Feb. 16, Bennett and her workforce assisted within the confiscation of the rabbits that had been saved within the Puyallup, Washington, residence. The scenario was assessed primarily based on the rabbits’ “well being, hygiene and housing situations,” Bennet shared.

A complete of 246 rabbits had been faraway from the Pierce County residence, because the variety of animals had been an excessive amount of for one particular person to take care of.

“That was the biggest consumption of animals from one particular person confiscation that this shelter has skilled in a really very long time,” Bennett famous.

“The rabbit housing density was very concentrated,” she added.

The veterinary workforce, animal companies workforce, foster workforce and adoption companies all got here collectively to assist with the confiscation.

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Whereas on web site, Bennett and her licensed vet tech went by a triage evaluation for every rabbit to find out which ones “had been secure to return to the shelter,” she stated, including that the workforce made certain the rabbits that had been in want of particular medical care did obtain it.

The workforce on the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County went by completely different phases from medical and every day care to foster and adoptive houses.

“The rabbits general had well being situations which might be pretty generally seen in crowded situations or the place you discover giant teams of rabbits,” Bennett stated.

Because the confiscation on Feb. 16, the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County has been serving to these rabbits discover a new residence.

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About 50 rabbits have been adopted out, and 80 rabbits are in foster houses in Tacoma and Pierce County.

The remaining rabbits are nonetheless within the care of the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County and different companion organizations who’ve “stepped as much as the plate [to] assist place rabbits.”

“It has been actually neat to be part of this effort as a result of now we have had quite a lot of our animal loving community come collectively,” Bennett stated.

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“They actually understood the necessity for us to have partnership to get the duty achieved,” she added.

A complete of 246 rabbits had been confiscated from a Pierce County residence following a year-long investigation by the Pierce County Animal Management. (The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County)

In a weblog submit, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Division famous that the case was animal management’s “largest seizure of animals.”

“Throughout the search warrant 95 rabbits had been present in 2 sheds within the yard of the residence,” the division wrote.” “The remainder of the animals had been inside the house in quite a few cages.”

“In all 246 rabbits had been taken from the house,” the submit continued. “That is too many animals for 1 particular person to take care of and the seizure of the animals was important to creating certain they might be cared for correctly.”

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