COPENHAGEN — A Danish radio station has faced a storm of angry protests after two of its hosts claimed they clubbed a young rabbit to death on air with a bicycle pump. Co-host Kristoffer Eriksen from public broadcaster Radio24syv said the Monday morning show stunt was aimed at initiating a debate about “the vast hypocrisy surrounding our relationship with animals.”



In a video posted by the radio channel on its Facebook page, the other host of the show, Asger Juhis, is seen picking up a smooth, grey-haired rabbit from a cardboard box next to the microphone table, caressing it and saying he’s about to kill it. The video did not show the killing. Radio24syv later posted a video on Facebook allegedly showing the cooking of a rabbit and explained it wanted to raise a debate about the moral of killing and eating animals.



A group claiming more than 800 supporters has appealed to listeners for a boycott of the broadcaster. On Facebook, one user called Juhl “a psychopath,” while another wrote that she could never kill an animal just to prove a point and that the hosts were no better than people who “kill for entertainment or fun.”— AP