A rabbit peers through the gaps in the wire of their barren cage at a small-scale rabbit farm in Bali, Indonesia. Visible inside their ear is dirt and sores on their skin.
Small-scale rabbit farms are a growing trend in Indonesia where rabbit consumption has become popular. The animals are also raised for their skin and fur and as household pets. Like other animals, including humans, rabbits are sentient beings who experience pain, suffering and discomfort.
This small-scale farm raises rabbits and chickens and is located close to a main road on the island province of Bali, Indonesia. The farm has about 10 to 15 rabbits who are all housed in small barren cages. A mother rabbit with all her young are squeezed inside one cage with little room for any of them to freely move about. The baby rabbits (kittens or kits) climb over top each other and are squeezed and trapped in the corner of the cage when they try to drink from the water pipe installed there. This corner is the only area within the cage where the mother rabbit can rest her head, but the water from the installed drinking pipe constantly drips on her head whenever she tries to rest there.
Reportedly, rabbits raised on small-scale Indonesian farms commonly suffer a 20–40 percent mortality rate within the four weeks prior to and after weaning.
A rabbit peers through the gaps in the wire of their barren cage at a small-scale rabbit farm in Bali, Indonesia. Visible inside their ear is dirt and sores on their skin.
Small-scale rabbit farms are a growing trend in Indonesia where rabbit consumption has become popular. The animals are also raised for their skin and fur and as household pets. Like other animals, including humans, rabbits are sentient beings who experience pain, suffering and discomfort.
This small-scale farm raises rabbits and chickens and is located close to a main road on the island province of Bali, Indonesia. The farm has about 10 to 15 rabbits who are all housed in small barren cages. A mother rabbit with all her young are squeezed inside one cage with little room for any of them to freely move about. The baby rabbits (kittens or kits) climb over top each other and are squeezed and trapped in the corner of the cage when they try to drink from the water pipe installed there. This corner is the only area within the cage where the mother rabbit can rest her head, but the water from the installed drinking pipe constantly drips on her head whenever she tries to rest there.
Reportedly, rabbits raised on small-scale Indonesian farms commonly suffer a 20–40 percent mortality rate within the four weeks prior to and after weaning.