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A British animal rights activist was left bloodied after allegedly being shot at when she rescued 14 rabbits from a Spanish farm.

Barcelona-based activist Mythical Mia claims her group was chased by furious farmers along a motorway before they fired at her car window.

She was left bleeding on her face from the shattered glass.

With fellow activists Mia rescued 14 bunnies from a farm on Sunday evening in Gurb, Osona.


She claims they are bred to be either ‘slaughtered for their fur’ or face a ‘lifetime of torture’ through animal testing.

Mia was left with a bloodied face after ‘being shot at by rabbit farmers’ (Picture Instagram/mythical.mia)

The rescued rabbits were being bred for their fur or animal testing according to Mia (Picture: Instagram/mythical.mia)

With blood streaming down her face, Mia recalled the terrifying confrontation with farmers (Picture: Instagram/mythical.mia)

In a video posted on her Instagram account, which has more than 40,000 followers, Mia recalled the terrifying confrontation with blood pouring down her face.



She said: ‘The farmer was extremely aggressive and attacked us, strangling activists and smashing their heads with metal poles.

‘The police came and told us to leave peacefully, which we did.

‘After we left the farmers chased us down the motorway at 200km for an hour.

‘We tried to lose them down a side road but they were on our tails.

Police confirmed the glass was shattered by a shotgun (Picture: Instagram/mythical.mia)

‘They blocked us into a dead end and surround the car with 5 other farmers’ cars.

‘They were banging on the windows, shouting and threatening us.

‘They let us go and 10 minutes later back on the motorway one of their call pulled up alongside us and shot at us.

‘The window exploded in my face and there was a lot of blood from all the glass.

‘The most important thing is that the non-human animals are safe.’

In another post on Instagram, Mia showed one of the rescued rabbits which she claims has ‘parasites from the filthy living conditions’.

Mia made a speech at the Animal Rights March in London last month.

Mia said the important thing was all ‘non-humans are safe’ (Picture: Instagram/ mythical.mia)

One of the saved rabbits which had parasites in its ear (Picture: mythical.mia/Instagram)

A spokeswoman for Catalonia police, Mossos d’Esquadra confirmed the activists ‘took 14 rabbits’ from the farm on Sunday.

She said: ‘When Mossos d’Esquadra arrived at the site, the activists were already outside the Farm.

‘The 14 hidden rabbits were not found.

‘At the same time a group of farmers appeared and there was moments of tension on the part of both groups.

‘Mossos separated them and made people march to the place.

‘First and foremost to avoid further conflicts.

‘Towards 11pm they informed us that one of the cars of the activists has denounced that they have suffered an impact on the glass and that due to the broken glasses a girl had injuries to the face.’

The spokeswoman said a ‘shotgun’ had caused the glass to smash.

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