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Latest updates, stories, and news from across the Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund community.

Rabbit Welfare
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...

Events
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...

Press
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...

Press
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Health
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...

Health
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...

Rabbit Welfare
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,...

Social Media
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...

Health
FAO all Rabbit Caregivers!
In light of recent comments online, it is clear that some of you have lost rabbits to RVHD2, some of...

Health
CAMPAIGN UPDATE – Summer 2020
Welcome to another Campaign Update, keeping you informed of our constant fight to make things better for bunnies. Work In...

Rabbit Welfare
RVHD2 ‘highly virulent’ update
We are aware of a new strain of ‘highly virulent’ RVHD2 and have been working very hard to get all...

Health
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...

Press
RVHD2 Update
We are aware that there is, sadly, yet another strain of Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic disease out there: “virulent” or “highly...

Press
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...

Health
CAMPAIGN UPDATE – Winter 2020
Welcome to another Campaign Update, keeping you informed of our constant fight to make things better for bunnies. Finding a...