Many wildlife rehabs, zoos and private owners use the outdated and inhumane practice of giving live domestic rabbits and other small animals to wild animals, justifying their unnecessary actions as a necessary practice for the health or training of the wild animals. Domestic rabbits and other small animals are not found in the wild, and so cannot be considered a part of the natural diet of any wild animal. These domestic animals are not naturally prey animals and so have not developed natural instincts to fight the terror they experience when put into cages with wild animals to be torn apart alive.
We ask that this inhumane and unnecessary cruelty to animals be outlawed. Live feeding as a protocol should be banned, as it in other countries. No live feeding should be allowed.