{"id":1542008,"date":"2022-07-06T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542008"},"modified":"2022-07-06T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:04:49","slug":"bunny-massacre-rabbit-rescue-leader-arrested-after-grisly-discovery-in-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bunny-massacre-rabbit-rescue-leader-arrested-after-grisly-discovery-in-barn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Massacre: Rabbit Rescue Leader Arrested After Grisly Discovery In Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbunny-massacre-rabbit-rescue-leader-arrested-after-grisly-discovery-in-barn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The president of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/animals\">rabbit rescue<\/a>\u201d charity was arrested after police found her barn full of dead bunnies and reeking of \u201cdeath, feces, and urine,\u201d authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Hope Smith, 51, of Bloomington, Minnesota, president of the Peacebunny Foundation, was charged with felony animal cruelty and torture after police found 47 dead rabbits in the barn in nearby Savage on June 27, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/rabbit-rescue-president-charged-after-authorities-find-47-dead-bunnies-in-minnesota-barn\/ar-AAZe5Ir\">Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time we\u2019ve ever seen this type of abuse case, where you have a rescue operation that is now doing the opposite,\u201d said Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar. \u201cWe\u2019re deeply troubled by the actions of the defendant in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc07\ud83d\udc30Prosecute and Shut Down.<br \/>Bunny killing and neglect. Suffering, dying. \ud83d\udc49Peacebunny Cottage\/Island \u2013 Sign the Petition! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IU51cBL9Ta\">https:\/\/t.co\/IU51cBL9Ta<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKChange?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKChange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lorraine Foley (@lorrainesright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorrainesright\/status\/1543638593075306499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>Police went to the barn, dubbed \u201cPeacebunny Cottage,\u201d after receiving a report of dead rabbits. Once there, they saw \u201crabbits running loose in the barn and the smell of death, feces and urine was overwhelming,\u201d according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who was on vacation when police initially arrived, told police later that the rabbits were due to be picked up by another group, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>In addition to the 47 rabbits found dead, two were immediately euthanized and more than 100 that were starving and dehydrated were treated, the complaint said. The Humane Society is now tending to the surviving rabbits.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>\u201cThese animals were left to fend for themselves with \u2026 dirty food, dirty water, not being taken care of,\u201d Hocevar told the newspaper. \u201cThere was just no way that they could survive in that environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said the bunnies belonged to her son, Caleb Smith, 18, who has written a book about rabbit rescue. He owns Peacebunny Island, an island on the Mississippi River where he takes rabbits to \u201ceducate, comfort and earn income,\u201d according to a 2019 article in the Star Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Peacebunny is \u201cvoluntarily ceasing all public programs \u2026 until the legal process is completed,\u201d Stephanie Smith wrote in a July 2 post on the charity\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Smith apologized in a separate post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-t=\"{\" n>\u201cI also apologize to those who have followed our journey \u2026 and are feeling deceived or at the very least disappointed and heartbroken that they supported our mission,\u201d Caleb Smith wrote in a blogpost dated July 2, 2022. \u201cThank you for providing me a way to share my story and I\u2019m sorry that the last chapter seems so ugly right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of a \u201crabbit rescue\u201d charity was arrested after police found her barn full of dead bunnies and reeking of \u201cdeath, feces, and urine,\u201d authorities said. 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