DIET: Don't laugh, but rabbits are scarce; producers can't ship bunny meat fast enough

West Virginia Gazette ^ | August 7, 2005 | J.M. HIRSCH

[calex59]

What else might it have been?

Dogs, cats or any other miscellaneous animal they could find!

[U S Army EOD]

Rabbit meat has hardly any cholesterol or fat content. It is one of the few meats that will not hurt you. Also the ratio of rabbit meat per pound compared to the food they consume is much higher than cattle. The main problem is the processing of the meat which is labor intensive.

However, I plan to start raising the little bunnies next year and expand locally. Do a little research on it, you might be surprised what you find.

[trubluolyguy]

Can't find rabbit in stores? I eat rabbit all the time. My store is the forest.

[ApplegateRanch]

the federal government to urge people to switch to rabbit, making it a common offering in grocers' meat cases. But as the supply of red meat and chicken improved, rabbit fell from favor.

It disappeared from the menu of the only restaurant where we could order it. Our butcher neighbor can't get it, despite many attempts.

I can buy plenty of live rabbits, BUT nearly every seller requires a signed statement that it is for a PET only, and be neither bred nor eaten...even if it is Californian, New Zealand White, or other meat breed.

Pet shops & PETA types have turned rabbits from meat & fur critters to cuddly pets. I've seen some of them in action some decades (and several moves) back at a then-friend's rabbit farm.

[Prime Choice]

"To heck with y'all!   You'll never get me here!!"

[VictoryGal]

Bunnies are yummy!

Especially if you eat it in front of a PETA whackazoid... mmmmMMM!!

Seriously, wabbits have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. That was the dinner I would get on my birthday.

[U S Army EOD]

Not all rabbits are eatable, however their IQ's are about the same regardless of breed.

[Prime Choice]

Pet shops & PETA types have turned rabbits from meat & fur critters to cuddly pets.

Tsk. They probably did the same with cats and dogs, too.

[mware]

We use to have loads of rabbits all around our township.

About a year ago red tail hawks started showing up. During rabbit season last fall by brother who usually bags the limit, only saw about a half dozen and got 3 of them.

[Hat-Trick]

They aren't scarce enough in my backyard. Mrs H-T has forbidden Jr. & I from further eradication efforts with the Crossman.

[Professional Engineer]

I'm ready to start harvesting the things from my front yard, they're so plentiful.

[kstewskis]

[WKB]

My daddy used to say:
Never name an animal you are planning to eat!!

[LauraleeBraswell]

Rabbit is deliciouse. Probably, one of my favorite meats. That and duck.

[Prime Choice]

I like to eat bunnies, too.

Nice & tasty...

[BulletBobCo]

Get yer shootin' iron and make yerself a blind in my backyard. I got too many of them varmints chowing down on the shrubbery.

Do they look like this?

[ApplegateRanch]

First it was cats & dogs.

Then baby duckies.

Then rabbits.

Little Lambies will be next.

They start with the 'cute' ones.

Slowly, they will incrementalize us to meatlessness, at which time we'll all be calling our local steak-legger.

And don't forget Arnold Ziffle, and 'pot bellied pigs'.

If they can't 'endangerize' it off the market, or regulate it to oblivion, they cutsie it off the table.

[spectre]

Get yourself a good Cat who loves to Rabbit hunt. My mighty hunter cat just loves to bag rabbit.

sw

[Balding_Eagle]

Also the ratio of rabbit meat per pound compared to the food they consume is much higher than cattle.

If my memory serves me right:

Cattle: 4 lbs grain to produce 1# meat.

Hogs: 3 lbs grain to produce 1# meat.

Poultry:2 lbs grain to produce 1# meat.

Fish: 1.5 lbs grain to produce 1# meat.

What is the ratio for rabbit?

[balrog666]

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy!