Monday, February 26, 2007

Rabbit farmer appeals seizure of his animals

IROQUOIS, Ill. Rabbit farmer Paul Kraft today appealed the state's seizure of 182 of his animals.

State-approved investigators took the animals from his farm on Friday. They said the animals were living in unsanitary conditions, and many were sick.

Kraft tells The Daily Journal newspaper in Kankakee that he faced financial trouble the past few months that, combined with recent bad weather, had hurt his care of the farm. He says the rabbits are worth about three-thousand dollars.


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Phyllis Piunti of the Humane Society, though, says the build-up of feces and urine appeared to be older than a few months.

Jackie Eckert of the state Department of Agriculture says no date has been set to hear Craft's appeal.

Reference:wqad

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