Animal Welfare Professionals

One of our biggest wins this past year was rescuing seven domestic rabbits who had been dumped at a local nature preserve on Easter Monday. It took multiple days, a team of volunteers (most of whom started as strangers), and a lot of teamwork to safely corral the rabbits while battling through some of the thickest brush imaginable — but we were able to capture every single one of them.

Carolina Beach Animal Hospital was incredible, partnering with us to spay/neuter the rabbits and get them fully vetted. All seven were eventually adopted together and are now living their happily-ever-after. That rescue effort not only saved their lives, it also became the catalyst for launching Coastal Carolina Rabbit Rescue — a new nonprofit dedicated to abandoned and at-risk domestic rabbits in our region. What started as an emergency response has grown into a mission-driven organization, and we’re really proud of how far this “one tough situation” has carried us in just a few months.