Local rabbit rescue groups are intensifying their efforts to help spay and neuter the animals after the Los Angeles City Council excluded rabbits from an increase in vouchers for the critical surgeries.

The council voted on July 30 to increase voucher rates to $120 for cats and $195 for dogs, but left the voucher amount for rabbits at $125, despite a recommendation by the council's Budget and Finance Committee to increase that amount.

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“Despite all our efforts and what should have been a done deal … Los Angeles City Council members backtracked to an earlier, watered-down recommendation that left out rabbits, the Citywide Cat Program, and other essential programs,” Michelle Kelly, president of the Los Angeles Rabbit F

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