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Content & Trigger Warnings for Watership Down (1972)

6 content warnings identified for this book.

Quick Summary

Yes, Watership Down (1972) contains 6 content warnings : Grief / bereavement (major focus), Natural disasters, Confined spaces (claustrophobia), Animal cruelty / animal death, Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse, Gore / graphic violence.

The most severe warning is for Animal cruelty / animal death (severity 4/5).

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Mental Health & Emotional

3/5Depicted

Rabbits face death and loss throughout their journey, with grief over fallen companions.

Other

2/5Depicted

Destruction of a rabbit warren by human development

Phobias & Sensory

3/5Depicted

Rabbits trapped underground in collapsing tunnels

Violence & Physical Harm

4/5Depicted

Extensive animal suffering, trapping, gassing of warrens, dog attacks

3/5Depicted

Authoritarian warren leader Woundwort brutalizes other rabbits

3/5Depicted

Graphic depictions of rabbits being killed, snared, and attacked

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