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The seller said that he would not seperate them, and ignored our message offering to take them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659390a781c3aa5233402958/cd80ccb3-5c66-4e38-ad92-7fce219cb5f6/Screen+Shot+2024-05-27+at+7.06.27+pm.png Articles - Small Animals Suffer on Gumtree: Report - Make it stand out A less than ideal cage and a teacher seeking rats and mice for a “project” which he would not confirm to us was safe for the animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659390a781c3aa5233402958/71347ee7-0a93-4ecb-8433-dce050eb60fd/Screen+Shot+2024-06-30+at+5.15.49+pm.png Articles - Small Animals Suffer on Gumtree: Report - Make it stand out Supermarkets sell many foods that are not appropriate for small mammals. Excerpt from The Rabbit Doctors “Information: The Ideal Rabbit Diet” webpage. https://www.ootpmicrosanctuary.org/articles/rabbit-slaughter-part-one-history monthly 0.5 2024-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659390a781c3aa5233402958/69e42519-7e43-4cc8-b7b5-a75d34e76eb3/StateLibraryVic.jpeg Articles - The Rabbit Slaughter Industry: Part One, History - Make it stand out Portrait of a rabbit, between 1910-1950. Lindsay G. Cumming collection, State Library Victoria H2005.88/452. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659390a781c3aa5233402958/fe52d717-be85-4993-9320-822885adb68f/Screen+Shot+2024-04-03+at+7.29.17+am.png Articles - The Rabbit Slaughter Industry: Part One, History - Make it stand out The interior of the Rabbit Factory in Compton South Australia, 1898. 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