Was at the Animal Disaster Team meeting tonight and in pondering my week realized it was all about animals. Last Tuesday I took a bunny home that was rescued off the Marsh. Some stupid human dumped it there. We have a fox out there right now, so it wouldn't have lasted long. Come to find out, it was female which means that Blue wants nothing to do with her and would prefer her dead. I had to keep Hazel the Rescue Bunny in the bathroom and Blue either outside or in the rest of the house to keep them from tearing at each other. After I got Hazel spayed on Thursday (thanks to a dear friend who also rescues furry things who volunteered to pay for surgery), I took her back to the nature center to be housed safely until she could be adopted. She was adopted that morning and went to her new home on Sunday. Such a sweet bunny, though aggressive and biting because that's what they do when they become 6 months old and aren't fixed. Stupid humans. She will make an excellent pet and become a lap bunny in the right hands. One of the volunteers at the Marsh adopted her, though he works on different days than I do, I will see him now and then. I also gave him my cell phone number in case he had any questions or issues with her.

Today while I was at the Marsh I was speaking with a woman from the local community college on my cell phone. The Life Sciences Dept has 4 snakes and 2 of them bite so she can't get into the cages to clean them. She has never handled snakes and is not sure how it's done (probably why 2 of them bite - once they know they can intimidate you, they will continue to do so). Anywho...she is going to come to the Marsh to practice with Scooby and Sheba until she feels confident so she can go handle the others (King Snake, Corn Snake, Gopher Snake and Rosey Boa). Yet another volunteer thing, but it is rewarding to use what I have learned in my lifetime whether I am paid for it or not. And when it involves education, it's even better.

We anticipate there will be further bunny dumps on the Marsh as there is every year 3-6 months after Easter when the chilren's presents becomes a nuisance. If people tried to do that with their children, they would go to jail. Why is a pet so much less important? Before you take in a pet, learn about how to properly take care of it. Learn about it's behaviors, what it needs to eat, where it needs to live...it's really not that difficult. We all have access to the internet in some form.