Wellington Rabbit Rescue

‼️ With the weather set to get worse this evening, please make arrangements now for your outdoor animals. Where possible, please bring them inside. Don't wait until it's too late!

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📸 Our friends Clover and Arlo would not be alive today had they been sleeping in their outdoor enclosure on April 20th. Thankfully, their humans had snuggled them up inside the night before, so they were within reach at 4am when they woke to discover rapidly rising floodwaters taking over their home.

Clover and Arlo were quickly placed inside a washing basket and evacuated from the house ontop of their human's head, from floodwaters that had quickly surpassed chin height.

Their sturdy, purpose-built outdoor enclosure was already completely submerged before anyone knew what was happening, and was ultimately destroyed by the force of the water and the debris that came with it.

Even if your rabbits prefer being outside, Clover and Arlo's ordeal is evidence that a little temporary discomfort is worth the price for safety.

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‼️ Please reach out if you are struggling to house your outdoor animals (rabbits, guineapigs, or birds) inside tonight. The Burrow has spaces available until tomorrow afternoon, and we are lucky to have a network of amazing people who can also offer short-term emergency stays.

Alternatively, we may be able to provide you with temporary indoor fencing, or you can follow the link in the comments below to find handy tips on how to set up emergency spaces in your home.

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📸 Arlo and Clover dining out at The Burrow, where they bunkered down for a month while their family searched for temporary housing that would allow them to stay together while their home is being repaired.

‼️ Seeking information about a hit and run car crash that occurred on Sunday, 24th May, at 5.00pm on Glenmore Ave outside of the Kārori tunnel ‼️

This is not the post I thought we would be making today. After a seven hour day on the road transporting rabbits and delivering supplies to fosterers yesterday, we should be sharing photos and updates. Instead, we're hoping you can help us find the driver who crossed the centreline and hit us at speed.

Thankfully, Helen was able to swerve just enough that instead of crashing into us head on, the driver crashed into the front wheel, travelled the length of our car, and then fled the scene despite significant damage to their own vehicle.

‼️ If you were in the Kārori/Kelburn area around 5pm last night, did you see a blue Ford hatchback with a decent chunk of the front drivers side missing?

Do you have a dash cam that might have captured the car around Glenmore Street, the Kārori tunnel, Chaytor Street, or Raroa Crescent?

If so, please check! Because we would love to return this hubcap and wing mirror.... 👀

Secondly, if you happen to know of a Toyota FunCargo (or similar) car for sale, please let us know! It must be disability-friendly; with enough space for a wheelchair/walker in the back, and a side opening boot.

Finally, in case the people who did stop to make sure we were okay happen to read this - Thank you again! You restored in us our belief that for every awful human, there are three amazing ones. You really made a difference last night.

We're sore, we're upset, but we're alive and feeling very grateful for it! 🐇