meanwood farm leeds... not happy

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me and partner took kids to meanwood urban farm in leeds and was not to impressed with what we found, goats with limp escaped from field , dead chickens been pecked at by other chicken and then we got to rabbits and guinea igs :censored: it got worse!
baby rabbit in with adult nethie who was attacking him and little baby had fur ripped out and beaten up and adult male and female guinea pigs all in together some males was trying to mate on rabbits which was making them angry and attacking them!
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there was lot more guinea pigs in here than photo shows, then next enclosure and got worse a baby a few days old in middle of it and adult rabbits running all around
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few people said they had told the management and been told they wasnt going to move it , so i went up to main office and told them, i think by this point they was fed up with people complaining and said they was going to movin "IT" told me that it was born this morning and it keep getting out nest (it looked more like week old to me) i said there wasnt any fur or a nest from what i can see, he replied no we just sticking it in hay, we dont know who mum is, so i said why are other females in with ones with babies they could attack them? he replied the males are worse than female!
yes they have at least one male in with females having babies! and few of rabbits had cut lips from fighting, i was not happy and think they should be reported, he seemed to think it was fine for them all to be thrown in together
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I think there's ground to report them to RSPCA, especially as you flagged up the problems and yet felt that there was either a disregard for the situation or total ignorance of potential issues.
 
i'd report them...
i'd probably alos have pinched the little baby....:x
but thats just me...
i would report them as that is not up to scratch at all...
good luck...
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i would have took baby but high chance it would die , i was hoping its mum may still be feeding it, saying that if males and other females in with it i dread to think what will happen :-(
 
leanne2525 said:
i would have took baby but high chance it would die , i was hoping its mum may still be feeding it, saying that if males and other females in with it i dread to think what will happen :-(
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you'd have also probably got nicked.... haha...
its so sad... people who put animals in that situation are disgusting...
if you report them them... and you brought the baby to the staffs attention... then you have done everything in your power really....
i'd print the photos off and bring them to your nearest rspca branch...
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:( i hate to see things like this. I have had similar experiences and did report to the RSPCA. It's good that you have some photographic evidence too. Please please report them. Poor things :(
 
Disgusting! Baby is at least a week old, unless rabbits have changed and now have fully furred babies. I take it the rest of the litter have been killed by mum who was feeling insecure from the amount of rabbits around her or by the other rabbits? Other rabbits may have destroyed the rest of the nest. Mum may even have abandoned the baby, and the baby is now trying to find warmth and it's mum. When you said a day old baby, I was expecting a pig baby in with adult rabbits, bad enough, but a baby rabbit is even worse. Disgusting, and as for the hens, it's just a glorified battery cage from what I can see, dirty, over crowded and the hens themselves don't look in very good nick, and what the hell is that 'food' n the bowl? Looks like a load of dirty bedding to me?

Are they selling them too? I take it thats the reason for breeding these animals in awful conditions? As a business they are liable for selling what will obviously be sickly babies via trading standards, rspca should get involved if they get their fingers out and you should contact their council as they need a licence.
 
All0about0the0animals said:
Disgusting! Baby is at least a week old, unless rabbits have changed and now have fully furred babies. I take it the rest of the litter have been killed by mum who was feeling insecure from the amount of rabbits around her or by the other rabbits? Other rabbits may have destroyed the rest of the nest. Mum may even have abandoned the baby, and the baby is now trying to find warmth and it's mum. When you said a day old baby, I was expecting a pig baby in with adult rabbits, bad enough, but a baby rabbit is even worse. Disgusting, and as for the hens, it's just a glorified battery cage from what I can see, dirty, over crowded and the hens themselves don't look in very good nick, and what the hell is that 'food' n the bowl? Looks like a load of dirty bedding to me?

Are they selling them too? I take it thats the reason for breeding these animals in awful conditions? As a business they are liable for selling what will obviously be sickly babies via trading standards, rspca should get involved if they get their fingers out and you should contact their council as they need a licence.
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they was selling ducks for £10 each didnt see a sign for rabbits or guinea pigs, i just couldnt beleive they either didnt care or really didnt know how to keep animals, the hens smelt disgusting but there was one dead and some dying :-(
 
leanne2525 said:
they was selling ducks for £10 each didnt see a sign for rabbits or guinea pigs, i just couldnt beleive they either didnt care or really didnt know how to keep animals, the hens smelt disgusting but there was one dead and some dying :-(
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:0 make sure you write everything down, for example numbers of animals in pens, time/date you saw them. When i reported an animal place to the RSPCA they wanted to know specific details. Also, I see you have a picture of the food bowl (which does not resemble food at all!) but did the other animals have clean water/food/shelter etc. Make a note now because it's easy to forget! Please call them today, you can do it anonymously if you want to and they will give you a reference number so you can follow up and find out what happened.
 
I'd go to the RSPCA & the council local to the farm with your concerns (and photos). After the whole E-coli (was it E-coli?) outbreak at that zoo farm, they're pretty hot on things like cleanliness and welfare etc.
 
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I'd go to the RSPCA & the council local to the farm with your concerns (and photos). After the whole E-coli (was it E-coli?) outbreak at that zoo farm, they're pretty hot on things like cleanliness and welfare etc.
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This was near me (what a claim to fame rolleyes) and the council went absolutely nuts about it, the place was shut for ages, lost a load of money, to be fair to them though part of their issue was ignorant parents ignoring the WASH YOUR HANDS HERE signs and just using silly hand gel. I went their millions of times as a kid and they actually kept their animals relatively well

This on the other hand is point blank disgusting, get onto RSPCA and trading standards and the council immediately, and I would also call the local press if you feel like it, as nothing will make them act more than a load of negative publicity!
 
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