The nearly 200 rabbits that were seized last month from an Arvada home are back up for adoption.
Friday, a Jefferson County Court judge denied a motion filed Wednesday asking the Foothills Animal Shelter to stop spaying and neutering the animals. Adoptions came to a halt while the motion was considered.
The motion argued that their owner, Debe Bell, would face financial hardship if the rabbits could no longer breed.
Mollie Thompson with the Foothills Animal Shelter said Friday that animals are available for adoption during the week from 3 to 6 p.m. and weekends from 2 to 5 p.m. All rabbits the shelter adopts out are spayed or neutered.
The adoption fee is $25, and there is a two-for- one special for adopting a pair of rabbits.
Bell faces 25 counts of animal cruelty or neglect stemming from the July 21 seizure of her rabbits.
An arrest warrant released this week said the animals lived in “deplorable” conditions. There were 75 percent more rabbits living on Bell’s ranch than space provided for, and some of them had fur “so severely matted that they cannot urinate or defecate without extreme difficulty,” according to the warrant.
