Resident rescues abandoned bunny
Published: September 28, 2006
Thanks to the alertness of a Wayland resident during the summer, an abandoned rabbit was able to enjoy its final days in a good home.
On a chance encounter in July, Chris Kenney of French Avenue was able to find and capture a black and white Belgian hare near Donelan’s Market that she believed was released into the wild earlier in the summer.
“I had heard about this rabbit (in Wayland in July) that people thought was dead because the previous owners had left it in a cage in the woods near Donelan’s,” said Kenney. “I live a minute from Donelan’s, and I happened to be passing by that area and I saw a rabbit and I thought, it must be the one people have been looking for.”
Later on in the day, Kenney said she again saw the same rabbit as she drove by Donelan’s Market while picking up her daughter, and decided to rescue it.
With the help of two other people at the scene, Kenney said she was able to get the rabbit into a box provided by a waitress at the nearby J.J. McKay’s restaurant, and bring it to her home.
“We were looking for something to put (the rabbit) in and the veterinarian across the street was closed so we went to the restaurant and people started to help us,” said Kenney.
“It’s a good thing we were able to save (the rabbit) because that night we brought it home there was a big downpour and I think if I hadn’t brought it home it might not have survived,” said Kenney.
The waitress from J.J. McKay’s restaurant who helped, Sonia Adach, also worked part-time at the Wellesley-Natick Veterinary Hospital over the summer.
Although Adach was able to provide the rabbit with a home with fellow animal clinic employee Stacey Perry, Kenney said the rabbit survived for only a few days with the Perry family.
“I really love animals so I just wanted to see the rabbit cared for,” said Kenney. “It’s unfortunate that the rabbit didn’t survive but at least someone had it for a few days.”
Prior to Kenney’s sighting and capture of the rabbit, a volunteer group called the House Rabbit Network had been looking for the same rabbit for about two weeks.
Kenney said Erin Barbato of Waltham, the House Rabbit Network volunteer who works in a pet store near Donelan’s Market, had been monitoring the empty cage but had not seen the rabbit in a long time. Kenney was able to inform Barbato about her rescue of the rabbit.
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