article_snippet: A butcher whose countryside estate began running short of rabbits started selling squirrel - and the meat has proved so popular
article_snippet: A butcher whose countryside estate began running short of rabbits sold out in three hours.
article_snippet: Elveden Estate butchers in Suffolk is restricted to the numbers of rabbits Elveden Estate butchers in Suffolk can shoot every month due to plummeting numbers and added the unusual delicacy to Elveden Estate menu in a bid to replace stocks.
article_snippet: the unusual delicacy became so popular with customers the unusual delicacy sold out in three hours .
article_snippet: James Holliday, forestry and conservation manager at Elveden Estate, said: 'Rabbits are no longer breeding 'like rabbits'. '
article_snippet: Nationally, numbers have been in decline over the past few years and have now reached such low numbers we are limiting the number killed in order to maintain a sustainable population. '
article_snippet: a sustainable population had been decreasing since the 1950s and a sustainable population has become increasingly important for us to conserve as many rabbits as possible. '
highlights_snippet: Elveden Estate butchers in Suffolk saw rabbit numbers plummet recently .
  