Rabbit Meat: The beef alternative for people living in Kenya

"Rabbit meat is as nutritious and healthy as pork and beef."

When rabbit meant is served on the menu, controversies begin to follow. Most controversies have to do with whether the meat is a better alternative to meat from cows and chicken. Normally, it is socially acceptable that meant from farm animals, such as chicken, pigs, and cows are food; however, many people think that the idea of eating rabbit meat is repulsive.

One of the major reasons that rabbit meat is perceived to be repulsive is the idea that it is not a cow or chicken's meat. However, when you look at the benefits of rabbit meat in terms of rabbit keeping and health, you will realize that people in Kenya should look at it as an alternative to cow or chicken meat.

Benefits: Rabbit keeping

A small space is needed to keep rabbits compared to the space needed to keep cows. Due to this, a family can keep rabbits at the back of their house.
The amount of food that rabbits need to eat is less as compared to that needed by cows. Due to this, it becomes easy to keep rabbits than cows.
It takes between 8 and 10 weeks for a rabbit to mature to a point where it can be eaten compared to a cow, which takes between 20 and 48 weeks. Due to this, a family can expect to have constant supply of meant because of short time to maturity.

Benefits: Health

Rabbit meat is low in fat; 3-ounce serving has 6.8 grams of fat while beef contains 3 ounce and 18.3 grams of fat.
3 ounces of rabbit meat is adequate for the daily need of protein per day for the body. The protein helps to build body muscles.
Rabbit meant gives a person a boost in vitamin B-12. 3 ounces provides about 117.6% of the needed daily intake. The vitamin helps to form red blood cells. The meant also gives a person vitamin B-3, which helps to convert carbohydrates to energy.

The benefits of keeping rabbit and eating rabbit meat are evident. Most importantly, rabbit keeping is possible for people with small backyards that are not able to keep cows. I believe that due to this, more people should aim to keep rabbit for consumption of meat as an alternative to cow's meet.

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