Head Office of the BC SPCA is urging the public to refrain from buying rabbits. But are the branches?
The Victoria Branch of the BC SPCA has many spayed and neutered rabbits available for adoption without any disclaimer on their small animal page to discourage impulse purchases of rabbits.
Instead it says: We have many rabbits who have spent a year (or over!) at the shelter. Please come down to the shelter and add a rabbit to your family.
At Halloween the SPCA won't sell black cats, so why at Easter do they sell rabbits? Far more people are going to buy rabbits than black cats so this has the appearance of marketing, not animal welfare.
http://www.spca.bc.ca/victoria/
Just click on small animals to view