A MAN killed a pet rabbit by throwing it from a 40ft balcony.
A second rabbit had to be put to sleep after Bilal Yilmaz threw it against a wall.
She had been unable to walk for more than a month after suffering a broken spine and femur in the impact and had not been taken for any treatment.
Yilmaz, 23, "smiled and laughed" when police asked whether he had hurt the rabbit.
RSPCA inspector Hannah Bryer said: "This is an horrific case. Inflicting violence on any animal is completely unacceptable. It was an appalling, callous and cruel act.
"This young rabbit would have been powerless to do anything to protect itself and she was then left untreated for weeks before she was found.
"Doing this job, I have seen some horrendous consequences of cruelty and neglect but this one will stick in my mind for a long time to come.
"My heart sinks when I think about the immense suffering this rabbit will have endured at the hands of her owner, the very person who was meant to care for her."
Yilmaz will be sentenced at Hull Magistrates' Court later this month for animal cruelty, assaulting his wife by trying to drag her into a car and assaulting a toddler.
He confessed to police he had thrown the rabbit from the balcony of his flat in Auckland House in William Street, city centre.
Officers found the other rabbit emaciated and immobile inside a cardboard box covered with a plastic carrier bag after they were called to the flat after a dispute with his partner on February 22. They called the RSPCA.
Prosecutor Philip Brown said: "The rabbit was emaciated and underweight. It was unable to move its hind legs and could only move by dragging itself along on its front legs.
"Its flesh was decomposing and there was a strong, foul smell. The inspector felt physically sick and had to move away before she recovered it."
Yilmaz claimed to have "flicked" the rabbit against a wall inside the flat after it bit him. However, a vet concluded the rabbit must have been forcefully thrown to inflict the injuries.
Mr Brown said: "The vet said he was horrified by the degree of suffering this animal endured, especially considering the owner had inflicted the injuries and didn't make any attempt to alleviate the suffering.
"This was a deliberate act of cruelty by the defendant, which resulted in the animal suffering for a prolonged period of time."
Yilmaz also admitted trying to drag his wife, who was 15 weeks pregnant, into his car off the street and convince her to have an abortion.
The couple, who are cousins, were separated at the time of the assault just outside St Stephen's shopping centre in Ferensway, city centre, in May.
He also admitted "accidentally" slapping a toddler across the face, which made her nose bleed and left a red mark under her eye.
Prosecuting, Kathryn Stuckey said his wife had moved to Hull last year to be with her cousin. They had been in a relationship in their teens in their native Turkey before she was forced into an arranged marriage. He then moved to Hull.
Miss Stuckey said: "Their relationship became turbulent but she did not come forward due to pressure from her family and the defendant.
"They separated in February, but he would still turn up at her house unannounced."
Yilmaz's solicitor, Richard Drew, said: "It is not easy to listen to the stark nature of the RSPCA prosecution."
Yilmaz, a takeaway delivery driver for Pizza King in Beverley Road, Hull, has been remanded in custody until he is sentenced this month.
