For lunch today, the other interns and I ate lunch at the Village Cafe with one of the founders of Best Friends, Faith Maloney. She was a very kind, sweet woman. She asked each of us why we came to Best Friends and what we plan to do with our future careers. It was very nice to meet her and hear her inputs on each of our career choices. When I told her that I was interested in opening my own nonprofit for animals one day, she said that there was a definite need for executive directors of nonprofits and that I should do whatever I can to gain experience or a background in directing/managing a nonprofit. So it was definitely cool to talk with one of the founders who created this awesome example of how ALL animal shelters should be run.
After lunch, I was told to go up to Rescue Village. Rescue Village is another place that is designated for bunnies. Rescue Village was created back in 2006 as a result of a horrific hoarding situation. A woman from Reno, Nevada called Best Friends and said she needed someone to take her bunnies because she could no longer care for them. Turns out this woman had over 800 bunnies. The construction of Rescue Village took about a month to be completed, and by the time Best Friends had arrived at this woman's house, the number of bunnies multiplied to over 1,600. Multiple members of the Bunny House staff described how horrendous the situation was... I can't even begin to imagine some of the things they saw. Anyway, Rescue Village is kept totally separate from the Bunny House because of illnesses and diseases. Regardless of where the bunnies are kept, they are the luckiest bunnies in the world. They have it made!
I managed to snap a couple pictures of the little ones today....
This is Nancy, she's one of the larger bunnies at the Bunny House!
This little fella is Charlie! He's a California Dwarf bunny, and he is one of the bunnies in Rescue Village. He is so sweet... He just cuddles right up into your neck. I sat and hung out with him for about half an hour!
This is another "close-up" picture of my girl, Harley. (She's a full-size California Bunny).
I'm starting to look up places around Utah that I can travel to on the weekends! I can't wait to start taking some adventures! Of course I'll be taking LOTS of pictures wherever I go :)
