Should Connecticut rabbits be raised only as house pets, or possibly also for stews and other meals? A proposal would allow harvesting rabbits for food in Connecticut.

A veterinarian gives a rabbit a dose of the vaccine. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease—or RHDV2— is a highly transmissible virus affecting both wild and domestic rabbits.

A veterinarian gives a rabbit a dose of the vaccine. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease—or RHDV2— is a highly transmissible virus affecting both wild and domestic rabbits.

Rabbit meat is very high in vitamin D. Depending on the demand she would slaughter 15-20 rabbits per week. Mercy keeps around 6 breeds of Rabbits.

Rabbit species identification is important, Plunkett said, because there are different limits on harvesting cottontails or swamp rabbits.

A few years ago, there was a craze on rabbit urine. Every rabbit farmer in town claimed how they had found a ‘minefield’ in rabbit urine. Some fell into scams but others hit some ‘jackpot ...