Thank you. This makes a lot more sense than just "the heat causes liver disease that taints the meat". I don't have a problem just being careful, staying clean, and cooking to a minimum temp.
Like Elmer Fudd used to way "I'm hunting wabbits - hehehehehehe".
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> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:45:10 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [PALEOFOOD] hunting question
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> Robyn Parton asked:
> > I live in
> >Florida, and there are wild rabbits everywhere. It occurred to me
> >that it would be easy enough to trap and eat them, but I was told by
> >several local hunters not to eat the wild rabbits in the summer
> >months. They said that the extreme heat causes some sort of liver
> >disease that taints the meat. I have never heard of this and question
> >how an entire species can be diseased every summer and still live in
> >the area (and apparently thrive)...
> >Also, why only rabbits?
> >Can anyone shed some light on the subject?
>
> Maybe Tularemia (Rabbit Fever)?
> http://www.beaglesunlimited.com/rabbit-hunting/tularemia-rabbit-fever
>
> Basically you have to make sure when skinning you wear rubber gloves
> to not get the bacteria into an open cut and then cook thoroughly.