Our mission is two-fold: Education and Adoption. On the Education front, 2009 was a year of growth. MCRS offered education in a wide variety of formats, including 1000s of printed brochures, twice monthly Bunny Basics classes, hundreds of individual emails and voice mails answered by volunteers, several educational events, a full year of Hoppy Hours and on-going Rabbit Agility classes. Plus, lots of informal educational opportunities, particularly through those individuals volunteering to exercise the adoptable MCRS bunnies that live in the 15 area PETCO stores that MCRS partners with. We've even added a presence on Facebook and Bunspace!

On the adoption front, MCRS ended 2009 with an even 100 rabbits adopted on MCRS contracts, plus another 19 assisted into homes directly from other shelters, for a total of 119 buns in new homes! For the majority of the year, we averaged between 45-50 rabbits in foster care at any given time. However, we ended the year with 102 rabbits in MCRS care! In fact, MCRS set a record in December 2009 by taking in a whopping 66 rabbits, most part of a animal cruelty investigation that landed over 60 rabbits into the shelter system right before Thanksgiving.

MCRS receives all its rabbits from other shelters and animal organizations. They come to us for a variety of reasons - lack of space, a fixable health problem or behavior issue are all common reasons. A total of 150 rabbits were accepted into foster during 2009. In addition to taking in animals from the largest Minnesota shelter, Animal Humane Society, MCRS also received rabbits from three other metro area organizations, three rural Minnesota shelters, two Wisconsin organizations and one South Dakota organization.