The Hungarian bunny tastes good to the world and Canadians can taste it too

The amount of rabbit meat produced in the world more than tripled between 1961 and 2012, exceeding 1.4 million tonnes in 2012. The distribution of production by continent has changed in the last half century. While Europe’s 91% share fell below 40% by 2012 compared to 1961, Asia already accounted for more than half (52%) of world production. The production of rabbit meat on each continent depends on the performance of the countries that play a leading role in rabbit farming. The ranking of countries was led by Italy until 1993 and since then by China, and in 2012 the two countries together accounted for more than two-thirds of production. The largest increase was achieved by the Far Eastern country, which in 2012 produced 735 thousand tons of rabbit meat, 52% of world production. In China, the production of rabbit meat as a healthy food is also supported by the government. Significant developments have taken place in recent decades: the French hybrid production company Hycole has ...