Wow.
My old Gran used to make the best rabbit stew in the world. I'd sit there in her kitchen with the smell of rabbit stew all over the place while dear old Gran cut the thinest slices of bread you ever did see.
It was years before I had rabbit again and not until I was living in a country where beef was so expensive that most people couldn't afford to buy it. A friend of mine got around this by keeping rabbits and the rabbit-based dinner his wife cooked one evening was one of the best dinners I've ever had. Another great dinner was in Boston - really simple - salad, freshly made bread, plenty of wine and mussels taken from Boston Harbour that morning... yummy!
Now how about pidgin? They do a lot of damage as well and I'm sure they'd be better off in one of our pots. If you cant beat them eat them!