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Bunny escapes nasty compost bin death

A man who opened a compost bin to chuck in some rubbish found a large rabbit looking at him - its owner had thrown it away, claiming she thought it was dead. Animal protection officers in Saxony are now investigating.

Bunny escapes nasty compost bin death
The rescued rabbit and Michael Thiel of Görlitz animal shelter. Photo: DPA

The 64-year-old man found the bewildered bunny last week in the bin by his building in Görlitz – and immediately knew where it had come from, Die Welt newspaper reported on Monday.

It is now being housed in the local animal shelter. The paper said the Görlitz Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals already knew the woman and her husband and had been involved in previous monitoring of the couple with the veterinary inspection office.

When asked about the bunny, the woman allegedly said she thought it was dead – although it seemed perky enough when the neighbour opened the compost bin.

“It would have died a miserable death,” Peter Vater, head of the Görlitz Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, told the paper. Vater added that he expected the family to receive a ban on owning pets, which involves regular monitoring.

The Local/mbw

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BUSINESS

Elon Musk visits Tesla’s sabotage-hit German factory

Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt production by a suspected arson attack on nearby power lines.

Elon Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory

The Tesla CEO addressed thousands of employees on arrival at the site, accusing “eco-terrorists” of the sabotage as he defended his company’s green credentials.

With his son X AE A-XII in his arms, Musk said: “I am here to support you.”

The billionaire’s visit came a week after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group called the Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group).

READ ALSO: Far-left group claims ‘sabotage’ on Tesla’s German factory

Musk had said then that the attack was “extremely dumb”, while the company said it would cost it several hundred million euros.

A week on, the lights have come back on at the site, but Andre Thierig, who heads the site, said on LinkedIn that it would “take a bit of time” before production is back to full speed.

Industry experts have warned that the reputational impact caused by the sabotage on the region could be more severe than the losses suffered by Tesla.

Tesla’s German plant started production in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction process dogged by administrative and legal obstacles.

Tesla wants to expand the site by 170 hectares and boost production up to one million vehicles annually to feed Europe’s growing demand for electric cars and take on rivals who are shifting away from combustion engine vehicles.

But the plans have annoyed local residents, who voted against the project in a non-binding ballot last month.

After the vote, Tesla said it might have to rethink the plans. Environmental activists opposed to the expansion of the factory have recently also set up a camp in a wooded area near the plant.

READ ALSO: Why is Tesla’s expansion near Berlin so controversial?

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