Wild rabbits live in complex social structures and face numerous welfare threats from disease, predation, and habitat loss.
Wild rabbits face significant welfare challenges from disease outbreaks, predation, and agricultural practices. Myxomatosis causes prolonged suffering with blindness and respiratory distress before death. RHDV2 spreads rapidly through populations. While predation is a natural part of rabbit life, disease causes mass suffering that can be mitigated through vaccination programs for domestic rabbits which reduces reservoir populations.