On Thursday July 21, 2011 Debe Bell received the call of her life. She found out, from a neighbor, that the animal control officers were in the process of seizing all of the rabbits on her property. I wont go into the details of the story, the news reports do a good job, below are links to some of the reports
Basically animal control came to the house with a search warrant, saw what they think is bad condition (I'm assuming) and started taking the animals. Now they are selling the rabbits off for $25. Seriously?? What gives them the right to sell rabbits that are not technically theirs? Surely a court case has to be won in order for this to be legal. I was curious about the laws in Colorado, so I looked it up. I couldn't find anything. This makes me think, if the warrant was only a search warrant, do they have the right to take the animals? They surely don't have the right to sell them and spay and neuter them, which they will more than likely send the bill to the Bell family. To me this is unlawful, and not fair.
"Though officers couldn’t have overlooked the fact that the rabbit enclosures were clean and the barn was equipped with cooling, fly-control and watering systems.."I think the officers saw the massive amount of roughly 200 rabbits and immediately though "unclean, she can't care for this many, they're being neglected, this is hoarding, etc." and that this is an obsessive person, and not a knowledgeable breeder who has been doing this for over a decade.
The Denver Post states that they gave Bell a 72 hour notice before they seized the rabbits. The article also states that the rabbits were hungry for water and food. I know mine would gobble it up if they had the chance. Rabbits act like they haven't eaten or had anything to drink in days. Rabbits are greedy.
There's so much more that can be said, but I'll let you form your own opinion.
Update: Another link: here Click on the picture for more pictures. If you're eating, stop. It's gross. Really really gross.
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