Not per se, but the fat content does go up in pen fed rabbits, especially meat rabbits. I am not saying it is as fat content as chicken, but it is not like the rabbit just shot in the bushes.

When I was a kid we skinned deer that deer meat was very lean, almost no fat. The hunter has changed over the years, it is popular, it is a sport, where big horns are more important than big hams. To get big horns the deer are fed certain things. I have several friends that spend weeks and months on feed plots, feed hundreds of pounds of corn to get the that set of horns. In turn the deer eat a certain diet, do not have to roam and forage as the food is plentiful right up under that deer stand. Thus, the deer we are killing today have a higher fat content than the deer I skinned as a kid.

Rabbits the same. It is a fattier rabbit in a pen than in the bushes. I know a few people who use them as a 'whole prey' feed method. It is not the compete diet but it is a good source. It can go either way, it can be a staple and supplement with other fats, or it can be the supplement to the other staple. Either way, still better than 99% of the bags out there. EWO