The condition of the 16 adult rabbits recovered from the site is generally stable.
\n\nAll seven kits among the 23 rabbits rescued in Seletar have died, said animal welfare group Voices For Animals (VFA) on Sep. 25, The Straits Times reported.
\n\nMothership previously reported that four of the 23 rabbits had died as at Sep. 22, days after they were found abandoned along a road in the Seletar Farmway area on Sep. 18.
\n\nDespite VFA's efforts to provide warmth, care and medical attention since the Sep. 18 rescue, the condition of the kits, or baby rabbits, gradually deteriorated, said VFA president Derrick Tan.
\n\nHe shared with ST that sadly, they began losing the kits one by one, with one or two dying each day.
\n\nThe condition of the 16 adult rabbits recovered from the site is generally stable, Tan said.
\n\nOne of the adult female rabbits gave birth to three kits during a veterinary examination.
\n\nTwo of the newborns were delivered without a heartbeat, and vets were unable to revive them despite immediately attempting resuscitation, he said.
\n\nThe last surviving newborn kit is still alive as of Sep. 26 and is being closely monitored.
\n\nThe rabbits were found abandoned on…
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