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Barbara Hodgson

Stacey Solomon's BBC show accused of rabbit hutch 'cruelty' by angry viewers and animal groups

An animal welfare charity is continuing to raise concerns amid a flood of protests following this week's episode of Stacey Solomon's BBC show Sort Your Life Out.

After the screening on Wednesday, there was an angry backlash on social media from viewers upset by scenes involving rabbits which some felt amounted to cruelty. Among the protests were concerned animal welfare charities which were prompted to share a warning of the risks caused to rabbits without proper care.

One of them, The Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals, took to Twitter to share its upset at seeing rabbits in hutches, as shown on the show, and on Friday it tweeted Stacey Solomon again to add: "So disappointed you did not research the needs of rabbits before you rehoused them in a hutch that was totally unsuitable.

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