I went to a sale near where I live. An older man was there selling bunnies and rabbits. Most of them were larger lops. My daughter was having fun watching them. I asked the man if they were pets. He said "Some people buy the lops for pets, some people eat them too." I know that there are rabbits bred for food, but I never considered a lop to be one of them. Do people slaughter/eat lop rabbits?!?
2007-03-08 05:01:54 · 8 answers · asked by Sarah F 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
A rabit is a rabit!! I know I would never do it but I am sure people do there is no difference! Like I said a rabit is a rabit weather rasied by people or in the wild. It sucks I know
2007-03-08 05:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are several different types of "meat" rabbits and large lop ears are one of them. So are Angoras, New Zealands, California, and several other breeds. Eating rabbit is common with many cultures.
I wouldn't be so concerned about the rabbits being sold as food as I would be about the general condition of the rabbits themselves.
BTW... I know this will rub some people the wrong way... but I would rather see a rabbit humanely slaughtered for food, than bought as a "pet" and then released a few months later in a park or on someone's farm and wind up as road kill or coyote food.
2007-03-08 05:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by Annie B. Mice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To some people a rabbit is a rabbit whether it be a meat rabbit or a fancy rabbit. Some large lops are used for meat as they are sometimes bigger than some meat breeds. The smaller rabbits don't give as much meat so there is no use in slaughtering them so most people won't, although I've seen some extremely large lops that would be great for meat. I guess it all depends on personal preference.
2007-03-08 07:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by neth_dwarf2004 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lops aren't generally eaten. The big white rabbits with the pink eyes are bred for eating. Lop bunnies are usually kept as pets. We have 2 pet lop bunnies. We would never consider eating them.
2007-03-08 07:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they're just rabbits with floppy ears. The issue is (1) cost. Sometimes the cost of lops prices them out of the food market. and also (2) size. most people looking for rabbits to slaughter are looking for a large rabbit and lops may or may not be large enought to interest people.
2007-03-08 07:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by SC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rabbits are like chicken pigs etc other animals ...
some are better for pets and other make good meat animals due to the way they grow...larger flanks more meat and less fat etc.
But the taste the same which is more dependant on the food
they eat.
2007-03-08 07:21:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My ex husband is a hunter and when we had our lop he told us the meat would not be worth eating. He said you want the ones with meat out in the wild building muscle???
2007-03-08 05:32:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is possible to eat any rabbit so long as it is big enough.
2007-03-08 05:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by Helena 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋