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Latest updates, stories, and news from across the Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund community.
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BBC Sort Your Life Out Rabbit Rejection
This is just unbelievable isn’t it? We have had lots of complaints about ‘Sort your life out’ aired on BBC...
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Rabbit Health & Welfare Forum 2026 - Non Clinical Stream
Non Clinical Stream Join the UK’s Premier Rabbit Forum! 13 June 2026, Birmingham. Two streams, expert speakers, CPD & welfare...
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Why rabbit breeding regulations need to change
There is currently a severe lack of legislation for rabbit breeding, and the Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund intends to...
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Last night's Scared of the Dark involved a live rabbit.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/scared-of-the-dark From 13 minutes.Danny Dyer said it himself, “poor little Thumper” If you would like to complain about this programme...
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Rabbit Welfare
Perceptions of the Rabbit
Although initiatives to improve companion rabbit welfare have been made in recent times, through e.g. the availability of evidence-based husbandry...
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Rabbit Welfare
The Rabbit-Friendly Vet Directory
A reminder that we have a published rabbit-friendly vet directory on our website, which is free for you to use. Vets are...
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Rabbit Welfare
RVHD2 HV FAQ April 2025
RVHD2 ‘HV’ strain and vaccine FAQ for rabbit owners and guardians. We have been communicating about the new RVHD2 ‘highly...
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Rabbit Welfare
How to report a vaccine failure
Unfortunately, we have had reports from owners about vaccinated rabbits dying from what PCR testing then confirms as RVHD2. As...
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Papillomavirus on Cottontails in the USA
There has been a lot of interest this week, and we have had several media enquiries following articles like this showing the...
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RWAF response to VetCompass dental disease study
RWAF Response to Dental disease in companion rabbits under UK primary veterinary care: Frequency and risk factors. Study population 161,979...
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RWAF response to VetCompass dental disease frequency and risk factors May 2024
RWAF Response to Dental disease in companion rabbits under UK primary veterinary care: Frequency and risk factors, Charlotte C. Burn,...
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Virus deaths – public message, please share
Our social media followers have companion rabbits; they are aware of our information and advice and sadly know only too...
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FAO all Rabbit Caregivers!
In light of recent comments online, it is clear that some of you have lost rabbits to RVHD2, some of...
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CAMPAIGN UPDATE – Summer 2020
Welcome to another Campaign Update, keeping you informed of our constant fight to make things better for bunnies. Work In...
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RVHD2 ‘highly virulent’ update
We are aware of a new strain of ‘highly virulent’ RVHD2 and have been working very hard to get all...
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Highly virulent strain of RVHD2 and vaccine update
As you are probably aware, there is a new variant of Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease 2 (RVHD2), which is going...
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RVHD2 Update
We are aware that there is, sadly, yet another strain of Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic disease out there: “virulent” or “highly...
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RWAF Response to RVC Rabbit Ear Disease Study
RWAF’s reaction to the recently published Rabbit conformational predispositions to ear abnormalities: Field study of a pedigree population – ScienceDirect is that this...
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CAMPAIGN UPDATE – Winter 2020
Welcome to another Campaign Update, keeping you informed of our constant fight to make things better for bunnies. Finding a...
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