In Nîmes, the corpse of a rabbit in its cage thrown away with the trash

The corpse of a rabbit thrown in the streets of Nîmes, shared by the Facebook page @Les rues de Nîmes..

Le cadavre d’un lapin jeté dans les rues de Nîmes, partagée par la page Facebook @Les rues de Nîmes..

The photo of a rabbit thrown away like trash in Nîmes has gone viral on social media. 

The photo shared by the Facebook page @Les rues de Nîmes and by the Alliance anticorrida has gone viral on social media: the corpse of a white rabbit, in its cage, on a sidewalk among the trash. The scene was photographed near a residence in the Courbessac neighborhood

On X-Twitter, the Alliance anticorrida accompanied the photo with a comment "No, you're not dreaming. It's definitely a cage with a rabbit inside, thrown away like the boards and other bulky items and waste.”

"The remains of the animal were recovered and sent to a vet, both for examination and then, I imagine, to be properly disposed of, as it should be", specifies the page @Les rues de Nîmes, in one of the comments.

Outraged, Claire Starozinski, president of the Alliance anticorrida, contacted the services of the City and the Agglo. She also consulted the association's lawyer. “It is difficult to prove that the rabbit was mistreated, these are only suppositions, so a complaint will not succeed and above all, we have not identified the perpetrator of the offense”, she explains.

On the other hand, Claire Starozinski points out that abandoning the carcass of animals is punishable by law. Indeed, Article L228-5 of the Environmental Code provides for a fine of 3,750 euros “for throwing away animal by-products anywhere”. This concerns “whole carcasses or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption.”