I saw this in the Daily Telegraph, which is reason enough to doubt its veracity. However, with a house full of rabbits, most of them called pickles, I can't be taking any risks.
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Police are investigating a spate of gruesome rabbit killings which has left more than 40 pets dead.
The victims have been attacked in their cages and many have been decapitated and bled dry.
One theory is that the animals, which all lived in Germany's Ruhr district, were targeted by Satanists.
Sabine Riede, head of a group which monitors religious cults, said: "The fact that blood appears to have been deliberately drained from the dead rabbits could indicate that Satanists were gathering material for a deadly ritual."
The killing spree is thought to have started last summer and gathered pace in the spring.
In the latest case in Witten near Dortmund the owner of two rabbits went to their cages on Monday morning to find that one had disappeared and the other was headless.
The local police have set up a special task force in an attempt to track down the assassin.
Five officers are working on the case full time and have interviewed more than 300 people so far.
"We have a number of officers working on the case and we are carrying out exhaustive investigations," said Oliver Peiler, a task force spokesman.
But he admitted they had little to go on.
"We have no idea who is doing this. We are still in the dark."
Animal rights groups have put up a reward of EU2,500 (£2,000) for information leading to the killer.