how it all began - part 2.

shortly after my husband and i got married, i started volunteering at the toronto humane society two days a week. i loved my time there. i got to feed newborn kittens, snuggle bunnies and nurse sick animals back to health. one side of volunteering i hadn't considered on was the abused, mistreated and abandoned pets that had no where else to go. prior to this i had been relatively ignorant to that world. i knew that there were people who treated animals like garbage, i had seen it on the news, but it was never something i had been exposed to. i never really believed that humans could be so cruel. but the people i met there taught me to see beyond the sad exterior to the gentle soul struggling to survive, i knew i had to join the fight. a spark ignited in my soul, a new me was growing, an erin emerged as an animal rights activist and a defender of god's creatures.

when we relocated to milton a few years later, my time at the shelter came to a close. i searched for a new place that i could help. enter rabbit rescue, inc. a fluke google search led me to a rescue dedicated to helping the smallest of the animal kingdom, the throw-away pets as they sadly get called. mice, hamsters, sugar gliders, gerbils, degus and of course rabbits. they (and i) believe that even wee mice deserve another chance at life. i'll talk more of rabbit rescue in another post.

my love for rabbits grew stronger as i learned from my fellow rescuers. my reese became more than just a pet, she became intertwined in every part of life. she is the reason i made the vow to make a difference. i've had many creatures come through our home and each of them changed a little part of my soul, they've made me better.

our second bunny girl came to live with us in 2009 and we (chris) named her dodongo. she turned me from a relatively normal rabbit lover to an all out crazy bunny lady. and that, my friends, is how it all began.