Why isn't rabbit bred for consumption like chickens, pigs, and cows?

As far as I have read, they are the leanest meat and reproduce rapidly. Anyone know why rabbit isn't sold in supermarkets?Why isn't rabbit bred for consumption like chickens, pigs, and cows?
Rabbits were bred for food in the U.S. prior to the 1950's. My family ate them often. They taste great. However the cost to raise them versus the profit they brought was small.Why isn't rabbit bred for consumption like chickens, pigs, and cows?
they don't taste as good. Plus more people view them as pets now, no one wants to be eating something they view as a pet.
Some places they are bred for meat. I personally love to eat it. Many people will not eat it because they equate it with eating the Easter Bunny.


You can use it in any way you would use chicken.
I live in Spain and most supermarkets and butchers sell them either whole or ready prepared for paella. I'm from the UK and my mum's generation all ate rabbit but it seems not to be popular in the UK anymore.





I live in the country and a neighbour breeds them, you go to see her on a Saturday morning, choose a rabbit, she then kills it and you sling it over your shoulder and walk home. It is the customer's job to skin and prepare it.
They are sold in supermarkets, in Spain all the time.





Along with a few other places in Europe.





They are remarkably hard to butcher though, which is probably why they would be more expensive pound for pound compared to chicken and as such not as common.





And yes, if you get the proper breed they do taste good. For example desert breeds are terrible while ones that live in the mountains are usually pretty good.