COMPANION RABBIT WELFARE REPORT
Prepared by the Rabbit Advocacy Group of BC

1. Proposal
2. Current bylaw provisions
3. Background: The Pet Industry and the Public
4. The costs of dumping and animal rescue:passing the buck...
5. Breeders and pet stores: the ready supply of rabbits
6. Environment
7. From breeder to pet store
8. Pet store purchases
9. Pet store marketing and misperceptions about rabbits
10. From pet stores to ferals
11. Pet dumping and the “shelter” situation
12. Rabbit Rescue and Rabbit Control Issues
13. Animal control beyond lethal measures: changing public solutions
14. Animal welfare paradigms: changing public perceptions
15. Rabbits and broad welfare issues
16. Animal welfare issues and local politics