Bunny Crushing Videos Stir Chinese Online Anger

[k9angel]

**PLEASE NOTE** I have not watched the video. It would be too distressing.

BEIJING (AFP) - A group of "crush fetishists" has caused an online storm in China after uploading graphic videos showing attractive young Chinese women crushing small rabbits.

In the widely circulated videos, several smiling women are seen in turn cuddling and playing with small bunnies just before crushing them as other giggling girls look on.

In one scene, a young woman places a bunny on a table before covering it with a plate of glass and sitting on it for about a minute. She then lifts the glass up to reveal the lifeless bunny, blood oozing from its snout.

Another of the girls dispatches one of the rodents by crushing it under her high heels.

The videos have sparked a heated response from web-users, who launched what is known in China as a "flesh search" -- an effort to reveal the girls' true identities.

"It is hard to imagine someone could be so perverted," said one chatroom entry on the popular portal NetEase.

"Flesh-search them! Uncover these rabbit abuse women and spit on them," said another.

Such online vigilantism has been effective in the past in exposing malfeasance by corrupt businessmen, officials, and others.

The searches have revealed that a user group of animal-crushing enthusiasts was organising and financing the videos, according to media reports.

A purported apology by one of the girls was circulated online this week, but many critics dismissed it as unauthentic and a bid by the fetish group to tamp down the outrage.

China Radio International quoted one girl identified as Huang Xiaoxiao as saying she had been paid to do several videos.

Payment starts at 100 yuan (about 15 dollars) for crushing fruit, 200-300 yuan for "other small animals" and up to 400 yuan for rabbits, she was quoted saying.

China's censors have in recent years carried out a much-publicised crackdown on what they say is a proliferation of porn and other vulgar online content.

China has the world's largest number of Internet users, with 420 million according to the most recent Chinese count.

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Speechless What is the world coming to?

[altheau]

I am having a hard time comprehending that anyone would even consider such a think, let alone gain pleasure from it. I can't even think of words to describe these people =[

[Cody]

They do it to kittens too. Horrible.

[kyliegirl]

sadly these animal crushing things have been going for ages, not just in china.. It really sickens me that anyone could be so cruel and sick

[ravenau1]

It's apparently quite a big thing, not just rabbits, anything small and furry really. I came across a series of photos on an animal welfare site (of all places) and it took me a while to figure out what was going on! Pretty girl, silver stiletto shoes and a tiny kitten. Skewered the kitten with the heel, then crushed it, I still can't get it out of my mind and it was only still shots.

I think I read that they were recently banned in the US, which surprised me as I thought it would have been an animal cruelty issue and therefore already illegal

[Freshstart16]

This makes me ashamed to be human, how the hell could anyone do that for ANY amount of money. Or for just enjoyment

[ellies mum]

This makes me ashamed to be human, how the hell could anyone do that for ANY amount of money. Or for just enjoyment

I cant bring myself to even watch it...sicko's.....

[Her Majesty Dogmad]

It defies imagination. These people deserve severe punishment.

[_PL_]

Yes it's been around for a while like snuff films.

Honestly, if it's defenseless & has a heartbeat some sicko will want to kill it, f*** it, eat it, wear it or stuff it & hang it on the wall.

[Tapferhund]

You can't expect all peoples of the world to think and feel as we do. They have completely different beliefs , values and no morals....especially when it concerns animals.

Edited November 26, 2010 by Tapferhund

[Linda K]

so we should just accept that they can crush things like this, and not feel that it is WRONG on so many levels - what if it was a baby, would that be OK too just because they were from a different country - psycopath is the word I would use, people that have absolutely no regard or compassion for life like this, and value money far more, are not likely to d=turn down anything, and don't fool yourself, killing random people for money for the thrill of a video is not far away

[Freshstart16]

This makes me ashamed to be human, how the hell could anyone do that for ANY amount of money. Or for just enjoyment :D

I cant bring myself to even watch it...sicko's.....

Yeah I havent watched it either and I wont, I know it will just make me cry :D

[Bow Wowy]

How the hell do I get this out of my head now?

[Lyla]

[WoofnHoof]

I think I read that they were recently banned in the US, which surprised me as I thought it would have been an animal cruelty issue and therefore already illegal :rolleyes:

The US has a different legal system they don't really have broad national animal welfare laws mostly just specific laws forbidding this or that and often varies a lot between states, things like this they wouldn't think they'd need a law so it's not until something like this happens that a law is passed making it illegal.

[mac'ella]

I know how to punish them but the hard thing is teaching the elephant to wear stillettos,

it would be also nice to name and shame the herbal medicine makers that use the rhino horn and tiger body parts.

[Guest Tess32]

You can't expect all peoples of the world to think and feel as we do. They have completely different beliefs , values and no morals....especially when it concerns animals.

Who is 'we'.....normal people?

It's a sexual fetish, it has nothing to do with belief systems.

[poodlemum]

You can't expect all peoples of the world to think and feel as we do. They have completely different beliefs , values and no morals....especially when it concerns animals.

Who is 'we'.....normal people?

It's a sexual fetish, it has nothing to do with belief systems.

Exactly - people who do or watch this are more akin to pedophiles or people who practice bestiality

[OSoSwift]

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[Wazzat Xolo]

Trunk Fighting are the latest "craze"

I quote

"Just chuck two pitties in the trunk, turn up the volume of ya stereo and drive around to the rockin car till it stops a rockin"

Open the trunk and see who survives,

This along with the above posts are disgusting and sickening to think a human could think of this!