A small rabbit left outside a Kensington veterinary clinic in the cold this week is now safe, warm and looking for a permanent home, according to volunteers with All About Rabbits Rescue.<\/p>\n
The bunny, now named Chessie, was discovered Tuesday by Dr. Elisabetta Coletti after being abandoned outside the Pawsitive Veterinary of New York clinic. Volunteers from All About Rabbit Rescue Terry Chao and Mary Beth Purdy Artz quickly put out an urgent call for help across Facebook groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just saying, I will go pick up the bunny, and I’m going to find somebody,\u201d said Chao. \u201cAnd even if I don’t find anyone, I’ll just keep her overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chao had previously helped re-home bunnies left abandoned following a photoshoot in Prospect Park involving Anna Delvy.<\/p>\n
A foster stepped forward within hours. Rachel Post, who is now caring for Chessie, said the rabbit was terrified when she first arrived but has since settled in.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was so scared that first day she was abandoned, but now her personality is really shining through,\u201d Post said.<\/p>\n
“The volunteers brought the gate, the food, the supplies they made it so easy help her.” <\/p>\n
Chessie is now racing around her temporary home, snacking on greens and exploring every corner. Volunteers say they don\u2019t know how long she was outside before being found.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople think that they can be left outside, that they don’t need that much care,\u201d Chao said. \u201cAnd then once they find out that actually it is a responsibility to care for a rabbit, they’re just like, \u2018Whoa, I don’t want this rabbit anymore.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Rescuers emphasize that rabbits require space, enrichment, and long\u2011term commitment. \u201cBunnies need lots of space to run around, lots of equipment, and it\u2019s a big responsibility,\u201d Chao said. \u201cThese are pets that can live up to 12 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chessie is not in her forever home yet, and the rescue group is encouraging anyone interested in adopting her to reach out at the group’s website.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope she gets her home,\u201d Post said. \u201cShe is sweet and so perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A small rabbit left outside a Kensington veterinary clinic in the cold this week is now safe, warm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[46477,98,100,99,7126,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-103023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-abandoned-bunny","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-kensington","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}