Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out hit by more than 1,500 Ofcom complaints as viewers accuse show of animal cruelty against rabbits
Stacey Solomon‘s series Sort Your Life Out has been hit by more than 1,500 complaints about animal cruelty.
The BBC series was targetted after the TV star, 33. proposed moving a family’s pet rabbits into an outside hutch.
Stacey suggested moving the rabbits from the large conservatory to the garden to make more space in the house.
But when the episode aired earlier this month, viewers were angered by the move and argued that hutches were not acceptable homes for rabbits.
They took to social media to complain and to ask the BBC and Stacey to do further research into rabbit care.
Uh oh: Stacey Solomon’s series Sort Your Life Out has been hit by more than 1,500 complaints about animal cruelty
Declutter: The BBC series was targetted after the TV star, 33. proposed moving a family’s pet rabbits into an outside hutch
One said: ‘Love love @StaceySolomon but so disappointed that Sort Your Life Out has shown rabbits being moved from a nice spacious indoor run to a cramped outdoor hutch, hutches are absolutely not enough’.
Another wrote: ‘Very disappointed with the decision on rehousing the family pet rabbits on #SortYourLifeOut. @StaceySolomon – you need to research the suffering endured by thousands of pet rabbits in small hutches.’
A third raged: ‘I hope @StaceySolomon is by now educated in proper rabbit care and horrified that she’s condemned those rabbits to a life in a hutch.
‘Their need for space as athletic animals is far more important than “decluttering” a human living area. We hope she’s taking steps to remedy it’.
While a fourth echoed: ‘Sort your life out with @StaceySolomon so disappointing as a rabbit owner. Do your research! They went from a fairly decent home to a hutch thats inadequate in size.
‘It’s stuff like this that set the rabbit community back as we attempt to show others that #ahutchisnotenough’.
A fifth agreed, writing: ‘@BBC please investigate the welfare of rabbits. #SortYourLifeOut only displays a lack of knowledge and pure cruelty putting those rabbits in a tiny hutch.’
And a sixth tweeted: ‘Absolutely appalling from @StaceySolomon and @bbcthree. Latest episode of Sort your life out is disgraceful. Those poor rabbits. A hutch is never enough.
‘Next time follow @RabbitRWAF guidelines for appropriate size for rabbit accommodation. This falls so short. It’s animal abuse!’
The Rabbit Welfare Association and Trust shared the story and encouraged viewers to complain to Ofcom.
However they also added: ‘Before we comment any more, we want to make it clear that we think that this is the Production company’s responsibility, not the presenter, and we won’t allow any comments against Stacey Solomon.
Move: Stacey suggested moving the rabbits from the large conservatory to the garden to make more space in the house
Angry: But when the episode aired earlier this month, viewers were angered by the move and argued that hutches were not acceptable homes for rabbits
Complaints: They took to social media to complain and to ask the BBC and Stacey to do further research into rabbit care
‘The Production company should have done their research.’
The BBC responded to fan complaints by explaining that the rabbits usually lived outside and ‘acclimatised’ to the garden.
They added: ‘The rabbits have full access to a wide, enclosed garden to roam around in, with the hutch being a place to come and go as they please during the day, as well as a safe and secure space for them to sleep in at night.’
The series – which follows Stacey and her team help families declutter their homes – was hit by 1,502 complaints to Ofcom.
Defence: The Rabbit Welfare Association and Trust shared the story and encouraged viewers to complain to Ofcom, while defending Stacey
