Rabbit Sanctuaries, Shelters, and Rescue Organizations

Please consider adopting an unwanted, abandoned rabbit and giving it a good home before you buy a rabbit from a pet store.

Rabbit Rescue Organizations Organized by State/Location

All States

House Rabbit Society
The House Rabbit Society is a non-profit organization that educates the public about rabbit care and rescues abandoned rabbits. They have local chapters for rabbit rescue located throughout the United States. Visit their site for more information.

Rabbit Rescue
Search for rabbits for adoption by state, post rabbits in need of adoption, and rabbit sancutaries/shelters can post their website on this site.

Rescue Glamour Shots
Rescue Glamour Shots volunteers setting up photo shoots at adoption events for rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and rats to supply rescues with pictures to put up on their websites, petfinder, print materials, etc. to help give the animals more exposure. Downloadable items are available to help give the rescued animals more expsoure. Please visit the downloads page where you will find downloadable pdf files you can download and print. All rescue groups are invited to send a picture and a downloadable item will be created with the picture and rescue groups site url.

Arizona

Brambley Hedge Rabbit Rescue
A not for profit, all volunteer, no kill rabbit rescue organization located in Phoenix, AZ.

Rascally Rabbit Rescue
Find your special rabbit for adoption at Rascally Rabbit Rescue - a rescue organization for rabbits.

California

Leaps and Bounds Rabbit Rescue
Leaps and Bounds Rabbit Rescue is an all volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to finding permanent homes for rabbits and located in Roseville. California (CA).

Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter (B.U.N.S.)
Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter (B.U.N.S.) is an all volunteer, non-profit organization that cares for stray and abandoned rabbits at the Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter.

Rabbit Rescue
We are a non-profit 501c (3) no-kill rabbit shelter located in Los Angeles, CA and staffed and run entirely by volunteers. Our goals include the rescue, rehabilitation, and placement of abandoned rabbits, as well as public education regarding proper rabbit care and the importance of spay/neuter to battle the escalating overpopulation problem.

SaveABunny
SaveABunny is a nonprofit, volunteer-oriented animal rescue organization based in Mill Valley, California.

Bunny Bunch S.P.C.R.
A no-kill, non-profit rabbit rescue organization serving southern California.

Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue and Zooh Corner E-Store
Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue is a non-profit 501c (3) no-kill rabbit rescue located in the greater Los Angeles area. Our goals include the rescue, rehabilitation, and placement of abandoned rabbits, as well as public education regarding proper rabbit care and the importance of spay/neuter. We have recently opened an online store, and all profits go to help cover our escalating medical costs.

The Rabbit Haven
A community of and for rabbits and their guardians, serving the Bay Area since 1987.

Florida

Luv-A-Bun South Florida Rabbit Rescue
Luv-A-Bun is a Florida registered non-profit organization who rescues abandoned and neglected rabbits. All bunnies are kept in loving foster homes and are provided with medical and rehabilitative care, socialized, spayed/neutered, and litter box trained. We interview and properly educate each applicant to make sure that every rabbit finds a wonderful indoor loving home. We are dedicated to improving the lives of companion rabbits through education on how to properly care for a house rabbit.

Gainesville Rabbit Rescue
The Gainesville Rabbit Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and placement of abused and neglected pet rabbits.

Illinois

Red Door Animal Shelter
A no kill animal shelter for rabbits, cats, and dogs, located in Chicago, IL.

Maryland

Bunny Magic Rabbit Rescue
A non-profit rabbit rescue organization located in southern Maryland that offers sanctuary to companion indoor rabbits. Our mission is to find quality indoor homes for rescued and abandoned animals and to provide rabbit ownership education.

Massachusetts

MSPCA
The MSPCA at Nevins Farm is a unique, non-profit facility that serves the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire. We care for more than 7,000 animals each year, which includes dogs, cats, rabbits and other small mammals. We also have horses, cows, goats, sheep and chickens for adoption.

Michigan

Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary
Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary, located in Whittaker, Michigan, provides a safe haven for rabbits waiting for adoption into a loving home, and a permanent home for unsociable, old, and chronically ill rabbits and other animals. We also strive to educate the public regarding the joys of having a house rabbit, rabbit behavior and health, as well as the importance of proper diet and care.

Midwest Rabbit Rescue & Re-home
An all volunteer, not for profit, no kill rabbit sanctuary located in Plymouth, MI whose goal is to place abandoned and abused rabbits into loving, permanent homes.

Missouri

Missouri House Rabbit Society - Kansas City Chapter
A not for profit, all volunteer, rabbit welfare organization affiliated with the national House Rabbit Society. Our primary goals are to rescue rabbits from animal shelters, to find loving, indoor homes for the rabbits, and to educate the public on the proper care of pet rabbits.

Missouri House Rabbit Society - St. Louis Chapter
An all volunteer, nonprofit rabbit rescue organization affiliated with the national House Rabbit Society. Our goal is to save rabbits doomed to die in animal shelters and find homes for them, and to educate people on pet rabbit care.

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Hug-A-Bunny Rabbit Rescue
Hug-a-Bunny Rabbit Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization in Northern, New Jersey that rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes rabbits in need.

New York

3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue
3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue is not-for-profit organization dependent on donations to help us rescue unwanted domestic rabbits and educate the public on rabbit care. We are a network of foster homes located in New England and New York.

Stephanie's Animal Shelter and Rescue, Inc.
A non-profit organization dedicated to finding homes for unwanted dogs, puppies, pot belly pigs, bunnies, goats, poultry, cats, and other animals. Located in Gainesville, NY.

Small Pets Big Hearts
Small Pets-Big Hearts, Inc. is a non-profit, all volunteer organization, dedicated to rescuing small exotic pets and placing them into forever homes. Our primary goal is to rescue rabbits and other small pets, such as guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats, degus, ferrets, chinchillas, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, reptiles, and birds. We specialize in the care of disabled and/or special needs animals. We are located in Cheektowaga, NY (just outside Buffalo).

TuckAway Rescue 'n Rabbitry
Mostly a breeder of lionhead rabbits, but also takes in rabbits in need of a home and then attempts to find them a good home.

North Carolina

Snow Camp Rabbit Sanctuary
We are a non-profit organization with 501(c)3 status. We are located in Snow Camp, NC (near Greensboro, NC) and we have many rabbits for adoption that are in need of good homes.

Cape Fear House Rabbit Society
We help abandoned rabbits find new, loving homes and educate people about proper rabbit care.

SPCA of Wake County
Animal and pet shelter and adoption and spay neuter program for cats, dogs, rabbits, and other small animals. We are located in Raleigh, NC.

Oregon

Rabbit Advocates - Rabbit Adoption and Cares
Rabbit Advocates is a non-profit organization whose aim is to place surrendered or abandoned rabbits in loving homes where they will be welcomed as family members. Formerly a part of the Oregon Humane Society, in 2002 we created a group solely devoted to promoting the welfare of domestic rabbits. The Rabbit Advocates operate an education and adoption website as well as a help line. We are located in Portland, Oregon.

Pennsylvania

Luv-n-Bunns Rabbit Rescue
Rescue and placement for abandoned bunnies - located in Broomall, PA.

Rhode Island

Sweet Binks Rabbit Rescue
Sweet Binks is a 501c3 nonprofit, all volunteer shelter and educational organization located in Foster, Rhode Island. Here you will find adoptable rabbits looking for loving, permanent homes.

South Carolina

Adopt-A-Rabbit.org - Rabbit Sanctuary
A no kill rabbit sanctuary located in Simpsonville, South Carolina, specifically for domestic rabbits. The sanctuary's unique "Home for Life" policy ensures a permanent home for approximately fifty rabbits, all fugitives from local shelters, commercial breeders, laboratories, and unfit homes.

Rabbit Sanctuary - Fund for Animals
The Rabbit Sanctuary, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization supported by The Fund for Animals and located on 30 acres in Simpsonville, South Carolina. The facility provides a home for life for abused, ill, or unwanted rabbits who have been rescued from animal shelters, breeders, laboratories, and private homes.

Texas

North Texas Rabbit Sanctuary
North Texas Rabbit Sanctuary (NTRS) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization based in Dallas-Fort Worth that rescues abandoned rabbits, finds new indoor homes for them, and provides rabbit care information to the public.

WildRescue, Inc./Rabbit Rescue
Caring for abandoned rabbits and wildlife across North Texas.

Virginia

Bunny Lu Adoptions
Bunny Lu Adoptions is a volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) domestic rabbit rescue and education organization located in Haymarket, VA.

Washington

Rabbit Haven
Rabbit Haven is located in Gig Harbor, WA and is a shelter and sanctuary for unwanted and mistreated rabbits.

Best Little Rabbit, Rodent and Ferret House
Best Little Rabbit, Rodent and Ferret House is a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter supported by money from sales and services offered at our shelter, and by public donations. All of our animals are rescued, mostly from animal shelters and humane societies. We are located in Seattle, Washington.

Wisconsin

K & R Small Animal Sanctuary
K & R Small Animal Sanctuary is a small rescue network located in Appleton and Oshkosh Wisconsin. Our main focus is on rabbits of all sizes and breeds, but we can accommodate all kinds of small animals, from hamsters to ferrets and more.