[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]

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.