There is a common sense way to do this right. If you drove down the road 45 minutes ago and there was no rabbit there, yet on the way home you happened to see a rabbit in the road with not a mark on him; what sane man would leave this feast for other pickup trucks to simply run over? The head of a rabbit moving across the road is bumper height. The car knocked it on the noggin which means you don't have to worry about shotgun pellets in the meat. It is best when your car did the kill. Dress it and fry it just like chicken and you'll eat well that night!
As the article is from der Spiegel, I suspect it is a dig at the Brits and by proxy, US.