Rabbits in warrens under bonfire are being burned alive each year

Rabbits living on Avondale College campus continue to establish large warrens underneath a growing heap of firewood each college semester for a planned end of semester bonfire for students. Nothing is being done to prevent the rabbits from turning this wood into a home and when the bonfire is lit each end of semester, rabbits are burned alive and traumatise students, as they run out of their burrows screaming in pain, half- burned, with babies slowly suffocating and dying of heat below the ground.

We intend to bring this issue to the College's attention in the hopes of building a low- cost brick slab that the wood may be placed on over months of collecting, preventing and deterring animals from entering the heap to establish homes. Among this heap of wood, there is also believed to be some species of marsupials and snakes; all native fauna considered illegal to destroy in Australia. This situation breaks my heart and has deeply affected me since finding out about it and how so many people have known about it too but have turned a blind eye to it.

We hope to end this suffering and make the changes necessary to prevent this inhumane elimination (unintentional or not) of rabbits and other fauna on the campus grounds.

All your signature support is appreciated greatly!