As of October 12, the petition, initiated by Ashleigh Harvey, has reached over 2 300 signatures.
Her Facebook page read that an attempt would be made to hand it over to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality soon.
Harvey’s petition called for a revamp of the facility, including the replacement of Gideon Strydom, the park’s caretaker.
Strydom said he had not heard of the petition before.
“The park has improved a lot, there are now only a handful of people who are making an uproar about the facility,” said Strydom.
Mpho Mokoena, acting senior inspector at the Benoni SPCA, said there has been much improvement at the Bunny Park in the past few months.
“Some people complain that the animals don’t have food, but they want to always see food lying around, forgetting you can’t overfeed the animals,” he added.
“All the animals in the park are in good condition, except for a few diseased bunnies.”
Mokoena explained that overpopulation was her biggest concern at the park, which she and her colleagues have been inspecting four times a week since September 2.
After the steady removal of bunnies from the facility since August, the Bunny Park Volunteer Group has split up, with some members, including Tania Forrest-Smith, starting a new initiative, called the Bunny Park Animals 911 Group.
This group aims to feed animals at the park and will visit the facility three times a week.
Forrest-Smith said no group has the authority to remove bunnies from the park any longer.
She said the new group has received multiple donations of animal food, but needs more community members to help with the feeding.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Cresta, in Northcliff, Randburg, is organising a “bike ride” fund-raiser for the Bunny Park on October 24, during which the main aim will be to collect animal food.
