Participant art criticism

I try to bring you the latest from the world of art. You'll remember the rabbit who was staying put at the Cornerhouse in Manchester as part of an exhibit designed to question the role of participation. He's been abducted. In a daring raid, Bob (for that's his name) was taken by a Manchester artist, who is keeping him in a safe house and says:

We just saw a really unhappy rabbit that was really frightened.

We're not animal rights campaigners but I saw something that I found really rather disturbing that I felt should not be represented as art.

Gallery staff claim that 'the work followed advice from the RSPCA, Manchester council and a rabbit behaviour expert'. On whether or not the gallery has taken up the abductor's contention concerning the exhibit's problematic status as art, however, the report divulges nothing.