Private television station TVN taken to court over televised rabbit killing

Krakowskie Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zwierzrtami (KTOZ) animal protection society has filed a lawsuit against the private TV station TVN. It accuses the broadcasting company of having breached the animal protection act when it aired a program in which one of the participants killed a rabbit. "Regulations define clearly when killing animals is justified. This must be carried out humanely, safely and hygienically . These requirements were not met in this case", says Katarzyna Turzanska, the head of KTOZ. TVN authorities reject the charges and say none of the people who took part in the program were forced to kill the animal. "We wanted to show what people are capable of", said Andrzej Soltysik, head of the TV station and added that he supports animal protection. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A4)