I imagine we will have rabbits shortly. At worst, we get a few furry pets for the kiddies, at best, we have meat, and maybe a cool jacket or hat....and when I was a kid, we had those lucky rabbit's feet key chains, lol. And there will still always be rabbits for the kiddies. You know, I wouldn't raise an animal for just fur, but, when you eat the meat, give the innards to the dogs, and make something from the pelt, I feel it is an acceptable use of an animal. I didn't always feel that way. It beats the hell outta GMO and acrylic. I am still hoping that there is some way to keep chickens safe from avian flu, perhaps culling my flock way back to 8 to 10 chickens and keeping them in a coop inside a shed, with a covered roof for a run may work. If they don't have a flu now, they won't get one unless they pick it up from migratory birds, or from contact with contaminated environment. I am going to work on that too, confining them. It's sad, because they are only semi confined at times. They have a good life, free ranging around our land. They only get confined with the hawk is on the warpath, and they have several 8 by 8 foot pens to peck around in when that happens. But they don't have roofs, and they are not birdie poop proof. We live in a very windy area and if stuff isn't built strong, you find it a half mile away the next day. Right now, it seems there are so many expenditures to really thoroughly prep, that, the expense is getting to us. I haven't asked my kids to pitch in, altho my son has additional weapons and ammo and a generator which would be brought to our place. Because we sort of homestead, we have a lot of stuff for that kind of life, but, it depends what kind of SHTF scenario one feels they need to provide for. I thought I had enough food, and this week I was really into organizing, and was mortified that I didn't have nearly what I thought I had given the number of people that could end up here. :/ I am hoping I can pick up some rabbit cages at a flea market or swap meet for cheap, disinfect them and use those, otherwise I am going to have to drop several hundred bucks on the set ups.