ABSTRACT
The rabbit has an unusual place in our categorisation of animals, since it is seen by some as a pet, and by others (or even by the same people) as edible. However, we do not normally eat pets:
‘I remember hearing about an advertisement once in the States, when someone had put a small-ad in the paper for “Rabbits for sale: as pets, or for the freezer”, and there was an amazing row about it…people couldn’t handle the idea of both things in the same advert.’
