What's THAT smell?!

Here is the much-awaited bunny volunteer day post, for those of you who have been eagerly awaiting news of the 180 bunnies confiscated in Watseka (being held in Chicago Heights).

Here is me, holding literally the biggest bunny I have ever seen

My law buddy Tiffany went with me to volunteer at the South Suburban Humane Society, where they are holding the 180 rabbits confiscated from a weirdo who was keeping them in a barn.

The trip down was pretty funny, since Tiffany hasn't been south of the Loop for a while. When we started encountering some pretty strong factory stenches, Tiffany said, "What is that smell?" Then five minutes later, "Now, what is THAT smell?!" To which I could only say one thing... "South Side!"

We hung out at the shelter for a few hours, cleaning cages and floors. We also got to socialize with some bunnies, which was obviously our favorite part. There were big bunnies and small bunnies and soft bunnies and, well, bunnies we couldn't touch because they have worms.

Amazingly, the bunnies were mostly very well-behaved, and extremely relaxed after their ordeal. As soon as we cleaned their cages, the bunnies went to sleep (or started attacking the fresh paper).

(In the top photo, I'm holding a 15 lb. Californian; at left, Tiffany's holding a regular old 6-7 lb. Siamese; at bottom, I'm holding a 2 lb. silver fox dwarf. Keep in mind that my own bunnies are around 5 lb.)

All in all, we cleaned about 12-14 cages for about 32 rabbits. The shelter staff was pretty happy about our presence there - and we hope the bunnies were, too.

Me and the tiniest bunny ever

So, mostly that was our day. I felt really good about helping the bunnies, who really needed some affection and some clean cages. The shelter is very good about cleaning the cages every day, but the poop is simply overwhelming with so many bunnies in one place.

After that, Dave and I met up with Julie, Jamison, Alex, Kate, and Julie's mom for a special ISU alumni viewing of Body Worlds 2, which was an amazing exhibit and one which convinces you of three things: (1) I don't want to die fat, (2) I don't want to smoke, and (3) I don't want to inhale coal dust.

So, that was our day - for more photos of the bunny volunteering, click here!

And now for bed. It's pretty bad when you enter your home, see two bunnies, and think, "Why are there only two?" I will be jaded about bunnies forever - there could be a pile of 179 of them, and I can say, "Ehh, I've seen more." I wish those little guys the best.