***THE PETITION HAS BEEN REOPENED AS PHIL KERRY HAS APPEALED THE ORIGINAL REJECTION***

IF YOU ARE LOCAL - PLEASE OBJECT ON THE PLANNING PORTAL - Once registered, do a simple planning search using ref: PL/21/4112/FA. Then you are able to ‘Object”, Write a note inside the “Make a comment” & press “Submit”. HERE IS THE LINK TO OBJECT: https://pa.chilternandsouthbucks.gov.uk/online-applications/registrationWizard.do?action=start 

PLEASE READ MY UPDATES WITH POINTS TO APPEAL, AS MORAL COMPASS ALONE WILL NOT WORK.

An application has been put forward by Phil Kerry of T&S Nurseries - who are are rabbit farm 'franchisers' - to open an intensive rabbit farming facility in Coleshill, Amersham. We believe rabbit farming has no place in the 21st century and that this "farm" should simply not be allowed to come into fruition.

The applicants want to create a rabbit farm on around two acres of the land. The plan is to exploit 250 female rabbits to produce upwards of 10,000 rabbits per year for the meat and fur industry. We object to this for a great number of reasons which I shall briefly outline below, but at the core we do not believe these sentient animals should be subjected to this cruel life and untimely death. 

Rabbits are complex individuals who deserve so much more than to be used in this way. They are naturally fearful animals who do not cope well in a farming environment. Currently in the UK, a fatal, incurable disease named Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease 2 (RHD2) is spreading at near epidemic proportions. Keeping so many rabbits in close proximity puts them at risk from this disease which causes an agonising death. RHD and Myxomatosis are also prevalent in the UK. There is no mention of whether there are plans to vaccinate the rabbits within the proposal, nor are there any other outlines on how to combat the spread of disease in general. There are no specific drugs licensed for use in rabbits in the UK, due in large to the lack of commercial rabbit farming here. Will ill rabbits simply be culled? 

T&S Nurseries, as mentioned above, are basically a company which offer "franchised" rabbit farms. They are currently trying to open several rabbit meat farms all across the UK, with a large petition against them in Cornwall already.

They came under fire previously for proposing to keep rabbits in a battery cage system. To even once consider this cruel type of system shows they simply do not have the rabbit's best interests at heart, and they should not be in charge of a facility where the lives of sentient beings are at their mercy. 

Another disturbing fact is that T&S also produces and sells rabbit fur, under the guise that it is a 'byproduct' of their meat production. Fur farming was outlawed in the UK in 2000, and you cannot help but consider the real possibility that this is a fur farm under the guise of a meat farm, considering the demand for rabbit meat in the UK is non-existent. 

We cannot allow this outdated and unnecessary farm to go ahead. There is no demand for rabbit meat in the UK, most people are repulsed at the thought of consuming the UK's third most popular pet. People are in fact choosing to avoid animal products altogether in record numbers. There is simply no need for an intensive rabbit farm in this day and age. 

Credit for the majority of this copy goes to the writers of the Cornwall petition against the same company.