The Guelph Humane Society is urging people to adopt, not shop as it grapples with an influx of bunnies.
In a release, the humane society warns there are more bunnies than people interested in adopting them, a trend that is being noticed across the province.
They blame in part the pandemic driving people looking for pets.
"During the COVID-19 lockdown, across the world, there was this uptake in animal adoptions," said marketing and communications manager Natalie Thomas. "And because less is known about owning a bunny and proper bunny care, some people were not getting their bunnies spayed or neutered."
There is now a waitlist for people looking to surrender unwanted bunnies and guinea pigs.
And it not just a problem in Guelph, Thomas says it's happening across the province.
"At this point because so many shelters and rescues have too many bunnies in their facilities they can't take anymore," said Thomas. "And so what happens is people, they get desperate if they don't want their bunny and they just release them into the wild."
Thomas says that has tragic consequences.
"These are domestic bunnies so they have no survival skills," she warned.
You can help by spaying or neutering your rabbits, encourage people you know with rabbits to do the same, and don't buy rabbits from breeders, instead adopt.
The Guelph Humane Society has a sale on small animals right now. You can adopt a rabbit for half the price -- $80 dollars -- instead of the usual $160 dollar fee. Two spayed guinea pigs can be adopted for just $17.50. The sale runs until September 10th.