Manor stops importing rabbit meat after "Kassensturz" report

 
The Manor department store chain announced its new look on Wednesday, but was also confronted with a much more difficult issue on the same day: Due to a "Kassensturz" report, it stopped selling rabbit meat from Italy. The consumer program had reported on Tuesday evening about gross abuses in rabbit farming. On Wednesday, around 40 animal rights activists also protested outside Manor's head office in Basel against the trade in "quälfleisch", with Manor expressing its "dismay" at the images shown on television in a statement. These would not fit in with the company's philosophy with regard to animal husbandry. Although Manor had carried out inspections at the producer shown in the program, other stables were shown, the company added. Following the "Kassensturz" broadcast, the department store chain has now drawn the consequences and stopped trading with the controversial producer. From now on, it will only sell rabbit meat from Swiss farms from the existing main supplier Kyburz.