Anger over bunny-crushing vids

BEIJING - A GROUP of 'crush fetishists' has caused an online storm in China after uploading graphic videos showing attractive young Chinese women crushing small rabbits.

In one scene, a young woman places a bunny on a table before covering it with a plate of glass and sitting on it for about a minute. She then lifts the glass up to reveal the lifeless bunny, blood oozing from its snout.

The videos have sparked a heated response from web-users, who launched what is known in China as a 'flesh search' - an effort to reveal the girls' true identities.

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A purported apology by one of the girls was circulated online this week, but many critics dismissed it as unauthentic and a bid by the fetish group to tamp down the outrage.

China Radio International quoted one girl identified as Huang Xiaoxiao as saying she had been paid to do several videos. Payment starts at 100 yuan (about S$20) for crushing fruit, 200-300 yuan for 'other small animals' and up to 400 yuan for rabbits, she was quoted saying.

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