New Footage Exposes Cruelty to Rabbits in Italy

Imprisoned in cramped wire cages inside a dirty, barren shed, the rabbits seen in the video below endure the same miserable conditions as millions of others across the EU. They have no other choice but to stand or lie down on the bare wire flooring – which can cause them severe pain and discomfort – and the cages are so small that they can barely take more than a couple of hops in any direction or even stand upright. This is how they’ll spend their entire lives.

This footage reveals the findings of a new hidden-camera investigation of rabbit farms in Italy by Compassion in World Farming. The conditions shown are standard practice for rabbit farming across the EU, where almost all commercially farmed rabbits are confined to cages so severely crowded that the standing space available to each animal is smaller than a single sheet of A4 paper.

A life behind bars with no access to sunlight or fresh air and no opportunity to move freely is no life at all. This appalling suffering must be stopped.

© Compassion in World Farming

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Through the #EndTheCageAge European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), EU citizens are coming together to help rid Europe of these cages and deal a potentially devastating blow to industries that abuse animals. PETA and over 140 other groups have already mobilised more than 650,000 people across Europe. But to be successful, the ECI must be backed by at least 1 million voting-age EU citizens from at least seven member states, securing us the right to a public hearing in the European Parliament and compelling the European Commission to spell out what action it will take in response.

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