Victory: Lynn’s Exotics to source rabbits from rescues thanks to our efforts!

🐰💚✊ Thank you to the five fearless animal advocates who braved the rain last weekend as we protested Pet Connection, a local pet store that sources bunnies from breeders!

Together, we pressured Pet Connection to stop selling rabbits from breeders, raised awareness about the problems associated with selling bunnies for profit, and encouraged people to adopt rabbits from local shelters instead.

At the time of this protest, nearly 160 rabbits await adoption in the St. Louis area, a number that will swell in the coming weeks as St. Louisans realize they cannot properly care for the delicate beings they bought as “gifts” for Easter. And those are just the rabbits listed on registries!

We held this protest despite the rain on both Friday and Saturday. On both occasions, we were verbally assaulted by the staff at Pet Connection, who repeatedly cussed at us, ridiculed us, and even threatened to physically assault us.

While we have much further to go with Pet Connection, we did secure a significant victory: Lynn's Exotics & Aquatics has begun reaching out to rescues, and they plan to source rabbits from rescues instead of breeders moving forward!

Whether we’re protesting a problem company or writing a letter that inspires a local pet store to begin cutting breeders out of their supply chain, we have shown that just a handful of people working on a pressure campaign can secure meaningful victories for the animals.

After all, even large corporations source their bunnies from local rescues now. If Petco and PetSmart can do it, so can Pet Connection!