Date: 4/19/2021
WESTERN MASS. – After launching during the summer of 2020, Western Mass Rabbit Rescue rescues, treats and takes care of rabbits before helping to find them a permanent home.
Jessica Riel, one of Western Mass. Rabbit Rescue’s co-founders, said they initially started the rescue after rescuing five rabbits in the summer of 2020.
“Last year during the pandemic we got information that rabbits were loose in a backyard in Longmeadow. It started with one and there were a total of three more rabbits from that backyard. Then we helped rescue a bunny in Easthampton, and after we rescued those five rabbits, we decided to get something more formal going,” she said.