Danish Radio Station Kills Rabbit Live On Air

[Satanica]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-station-radio24syv-rabbit-killed-live-on-air

A Danish radio station has killed a nine-week old rabbit live on air, saying it intended to stimulate a debate around the “widespread hypocrisy in our relationship to animals”.

Presenters brought the rabbit, which they called Alan, into the studio on Sunday morning, where he was clubbed with a bicycle pump.

Asger Juhl, one of the presenters, later took the rabbit’s body home and skinned it, saying he planned a dinner of rabbit ragoût for his children.
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Its stunt provoked a strong backlash and calls for a boycott.

In a response to Radio24syv’s Facebook post, Stan Kosjaks wrote: “Don’t try and justify it you heartless bastards, the only reason you killed a small, defenceless animal on air is to boost your ratings.

“Maybe, somebody should hit you on the head with a fucking pump, see if that provokes a debate.”

Julie Schmidt wrote: “You could probably easily have had the debate on air without having to kill an animal.”

The station invited an outspoken advocate for animal rights, Linse Kessler, into the studio for the debate. When she realised the plan, Kessler chased Juhl around the studio in an attempt to rescue the rabbit.
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There's a video at the link, but it does not show the killing.

 

[Abroad]

Linse Kessler is an animal rights activist now? You might find her photographic portfolio interesting. And I am frankly surprised Mr Juhl didn't allow himself to be caught and subdued. https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=....5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.5.345.VX6BOzU6Axs

 

[Brenni]

Poor little Alan ....
No debate at all... that fucking guy is just a cruel dick

 

[lithiumgirl]

Stuffat tal-fenek ...Maltese rabbit stew. With out the bicycle pump and everything. at least he ended up being dinner for people instead of some ones pet snake...or worse thrown in the dumpster. Rabbits are Food.

 

[Satanica]

Rabbits are food, but not all by themselves. Just thought I'd throw that out there, because a lot of people aren't aware that you can't live off of them in a long term survival situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

 

[Abroad]

I'd personally have liked the killing to take place with something more suitable than a bicycle pump. Whatever happened to simply wringing the neck of small critters destined for the table?

 

[Forensicwx]

Linse Kessler is an animal rights activist now? You might find her photographic portfolio interesting. And I am frankly surprised Mr Juhl didn't allow himself to be caught and subdued. https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=....5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.5.345.VX6BOzU6Axs

I don't see her running anywhere...without knocking herself out, at least.
With that out of the way, at least she tried to stop him?

 

[Krystal]

Linse Kessler is an animal rights activist now?

Holy, grossly overdone plastic surgery and I don't mean the boobs. Her face looks so... Fake and plastic.

Yuck, no thanks, I think I'll just grow old as gracefully as possible.

 

[Alf]

Her face looks so... Fake and plastic.

Quoted for truth.

--Al

 

[Cameray]

Shameless self-promotion...nothing more. Link for petition calling for the dismissal of radio presenter Asger Juhl and the radio stations MD who sanctioned the kill below.

Petition · Fire radio presenter Asger Juhl who killed 'Allan' the rabbit live on air · Change.org

 

[Keepalowprofile]

A bicycle pump... really?