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EARS Crocodile Tears http://canmorerabbits.ca/blogs.html
EARS is a gold-digging media tool of
Canmore officials used to soothe the public and get access to private property
for kill-trapping. For Canmore rabbits, EARS failed to support sanctuaries as
promised, then abandoned the rabbits as soon as donations dried up....running
off with $28,000 extra donations which could save 200 more rabbits
not just 50 offered Nov 2012. This is much like the complaints I heard form
other UVic rescuers in April 2011 of what EARS did at Univ. of Victoria in 2010,
taking at least $140,000 ($85,000 UVic contract, $50,000 from fur-bearers plus
$8300 raised by others plus many more later unaudited donations) but EARS
only accepted 660 of 1100 rabbits, leaving other rescuers with 400+ rabbits and
no place to go -eventually costing others about $30,000 to relocate the 400+
rabbits to the USA - which EARS continues to refuse to give any sanctuary
support funds... For Canmore rabbits, EARS has failed repeatedly to provide any
adequate support funds to any sanctuaries and EARS has wasted several $1000s
travelling to Canmore - instead of email, phone & email photos. Since 2010 EARS
has refused to allow any third party audit of donations and expenses so I
question who the EARS charity really benefits. At UVic EARS fought and refused
to work with other rescuers and at Canmore EARS gradually took over the local
rescue group Save-Canmore-Bunnies after hijacking the websites and blogs by
changing the admin passwords. EARS also is reported to have mistreated rabbits
and volunteers, firing some volunteers for reporting unaccounted funds. When I
spoke with EARS founder in April 2011, she said was dispassionate about the
rabbits, and did not mind when they were killed at UVic because it boosted
donations - I heard that with my own ears.... Related news: UVic moves to rabbit-free campus; there'll be no mercy; sanctuary news; Coombs calamity; a rabbit dead every 2nd day Some correspondence re: rabbits, reg's, abandonment, FLNRO bureaucracy; politics |