News

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT OUR CURRENT NAME THEME IS?! - 08/01/2012

This month's name theme is a little obscure, so we're offering you the chance of winning a Bobtails goodie bag if you can guess what it is!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! - 25/12/2011

We would like to wish all of our volunteers and supporters a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

OUR 2012 WALL CALENDARS HAVE ARRIVED AND FUN DAY FOR 2012 IS ANNOUNCED - 30/10/2011

What an exciting week we have had at the rescue this week. We have just taken delivery of our fantastic 2012 wall calendars. The quality is exceptional this year – by this we mean both the photos and the printing. They are available to buy at the rescue and are also available on eBay. We have held the price of £10 from last year but unfortunately have to increase the postage cost a little due to the fact they are heavier than last year and so cost us more to post.

We are also delighted to announce that our next Fun Day will be held on Sunday 13th May 2012. We have already started planning and are in the process of securing raffle prizes. If you are able to donate something that we can give away as a prize or put into our charity auction, please contact us at bobtailsauction@aol.com

Please also start collecting any empty glass jars (we will also need the lids) for an exciting new tombola idea that we have. We will reveal more soon!

ANIMAL RESCUE MITCHAM. THE STORY. - 05/10/2011

We received a call from the police about some animals that were left when a woman was evicted from her property in Mitcham. We were horrified by what we found.

BOBTAILS DESK CALENDARS ARE NOW AVAILABLE - 19/09/2011

The 2012 Bobtails desk calendars are now available via our e-bay shop priced £6.
Click here for the Rabbit Calendar here.
Click here for the Guinea Pig Calendar here.

PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS - 14/09/2011

A big thank you once again to all who entered our Desk Calendar Photo Competition. We’ve really enjoyed looking at the photos of all your gorgeous rabbits and guinea pigs. To view the photos that will be in the 2012 Rabbit & Guinea Pig desk calendars and a selection of the lovely photos that didn’t make it this time Click here. The calendars are currently being printed and should be available at the Centre or via our e-bay shop by next week.

BOBTAILS FEATURES ON BBC BREAKFAST TELEVISION! - 24/05/2011

As part of Rabbit Awareness Week being held from Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th May 2011, Delia was asked to appear on BBC Breakfast television to talk about keeping rabbits as pets. She was joined by Evo, Stig & Scooby, a group of 3 rabbits still looking for a home.

You can watch the interview by clicking on 'View Story'

RABBIT DUMPED AT THE CENTRE - 05/04/2011

We had a lovely dwarf lop dumped near the centre tonight. Please read the story.

A SMILING DELIA ASKS IF I COULD DO HER A FAVOUR.... - 18/03/2011

I wandered into reception on Friday to be greeted by a smiling Delia asking if I could do her a favour -

REFURB LATEST! - 22/01/2011

Wow, have Delia and Jim been busy!!! The refurbishments have been taking a little longer than we had hoped but that is due to delays in deliveries and having more animals than anticipated still in the centre.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE! - 21/08/2010

A big thank you to Tamsin, our web designer, who has been busy making the latest enhancements to our website. Our Sponsorship page has been completely refreshed and you can now buy annual sponsors direct from our website.

We also now have a 'downloads' section within the Care Articles page where you can download our pdf care articles as well as Burgess Pet Care and RWAF Information leaflets.

THE GUINEA PIG ''BARGAIN BUCKET'' - 09/08/2010

Not a KFC 12 piece bargain bucket, but a bucket full of 12 live guinea pigs. It's actually not funny. We were absolutely gobsmacked.

Our hearts always sink when we find boxes or carriers on the doorstep, but to find a bucket with guinea pigs standing on top of each other takes the biscuit really.

WHY NOT BUY ONE OF OUR FABULOUS PERSONALISED MOUSE MATS! - 07/08/2010

Our personalised mouse mats are available for sale in our eBay shop for just £3.75 with free P&P. You can buy one by clicking here. You can have any photo you like!

BOBTAILS TAKE IN DOMESTICATED BABY RABBITS FOUND WANDERING IN UNIVERSITY - 25/07/2010

We received a call from a local vet who needed to find a rescue to take two baby bunnies found wandering on a university campus. The member of staff who spotted them managed to catch the two babies, who we have called Teasel and Mallow, but couldn’t catch the mum despite her very best efforts. Teasel and Mallow, who we estimate to be 3 weeks old, are beginning to nibble on dried food but still rely on the syringe feeds we are giving them. People seem to think that setting unwanted bunnies free is kind – it is not. These domesticated pets have nowhere to go and are just a free meal for the fox. Please don’t do it! Instead, do the decent thing for the pet you are responsible for and contact your local rescue.

BOBTAILS GOES ALL CHANGING ROOMS AND SEE JIM’S 2010 FUN DAY THANK YOUS ON THE FUN DAY PAGE - 13/06/2010

You will probably have noticed that we have a lot fewer animals than usual. The reason for this is that, due to the huge success of our recent fun day, we now have sufficient funds to do some fantastic refurbishments. In order to complete the refurbishment we need to reduce our capacity. We will still be admitting animals but this will be very limited. Click on news story below to see what our refurbishments will entail...

OUR FUN DAY RAISED ALMOST £6,000 - 06/06/2010

Wow! - We would like to say a HUGE thank you for helping us to break our record and raise just under £6,000 on our Fun Day - what a truly amazing day we all had.

a BIG thank you to Big Yellow Self Storage... - 07/04/2010

Big Yellow Self Storage have recently provided a storage unit free of charge for our use.

Thank you to Innocent for adding a rabbit health warning! - 21/03/2010

You may have seen the Innocent smoothies and veg pots adverts in newspapers and magazines with rabbits sitting on top...

Take a L@@K at our enhanced website! - 20/03/2010

We are in the process of updating our website with the help of our fantastic web designer Tamsin Stone. Click for further details.

Fun Day News (can you help us?) - 19/03/2010

Stamp up Support for Bobtails - 18/03/2010

Please help Bobtails by keeping your used postage stamps which can be sold to raise funds for the charity.

Bunny dumped on our doorstep - 25/01/2010

We thought that DHL had left us a parcel on the edge of the doorstep last Wednesday (20th January) but when we picked up the unsecure cardboard box we realised that it contained a rabbit. Click on 'view story' for more information.

Bobtails and the BBC - 03/11/2009

Today 3rd November, Bobtails was featured on the BBC tv programme ‘Car Booty’

EXCITING NEW ITEMS AVAILABLE IN EBAY SHOP - 22/03/2009

Check out our eBay shop to see some wonderful new items that we have available. We have added some hand made needle felted mini rabbits and guinea pigs and will also be listing some brand new rabbit and guinea pig book marks over the next few days. You can also still feed some of our animals for a week for just £2.50. And check out our 'Easter Egg' specials and sponsor a hutch for 6 months or a year. Click on the news story to find out more.

HELP US BY FEEDING A BUNNY OR PIGGY FOR A WEEK - 15/02/2009

You can now feed a rabbit or guinea pig (or both!) in our eBay shop - for just £2.50 - and you'll get your name as a sponsor against the animal you are helping to feed! Click on the "view story" link for more details....

2009 FUNDRAISING DRIVE - 01/02/2009

You can help up raise money by using Easyfundraising and Easysearch. Click on "Donate" button to the left for more information. Our eBay shop is going well - click on "View Story" for more information.

You can now send us a donation through PayPal! - 11/10/2008

If you have a PayPal account, you can now make a donation through PayPal. We will also be launching our Ebay shop soon. Click on 'View Story' for more information.

Rabbit care DVD on sale at Bobtails. - 10/10/2006

We help to make a DVD about Rabbit care. Most of the rabbits in the DVD were filmed at Bobtails, we also advised on aspects of care, health and living conditions.Available at the centre now for only £4.99

Burgess SupaFeeds - A dream come true! - 01/10/2006

We have a Sponsor - Thank you very much!

Bud update - August 2006 - 20/08/2006

We get lots of people asking about our little soldier Bud.

Bud Update - 29/03/2006

Thanks to everyone for their kind wishes and thoughts. Bud is doing wonderfully!

Bud, Dumped bunny update - 11/02/2006

Bud, the tiny Netherland Dwarf rabbit dumped on our doorstep, update.

Dumped bunny - 10/02/2006

We arrived home from work on Wednesday 8th February to find a box of Budweiser on our doorstep. Fearing the worst we opened it. Our fears were confirmed….no beer.

Thoughts of Chairman Jim - 20/07/2005

Whilst pondering in a quiet moment, HA! like we get lots of those!!!! I kept churning these words in my head, then decided to put them to paper. Delia said it should go on the website, and so i am about to unleash them upon an unsuspecting public. So, with all due respect to Ernie, "Here are the words what i wrote".

Sir Parsley & Rhubarb - 11/08/2004

A wonderful idea by Karen Pankhurst to help raise money for Bobtails.