HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE.With the current threat of African swine fever to the hog population, paired with the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the production of rabbit for meat consumption. DA Secretary William Dar said the agency will provide necessary backing to the massive production of rabbits.(Photo courtesy ofDA Facebook Page) MANILA-Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar instructed Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director Reildrin Morales to support the production and distribution of rabbit for meat consumption and livelihood. "We will see to it that we provide strong support for the massive production of rabbits to be distributed initially here in Caloocan, so we can show the world that rabbit meat can be a substitute for pork," Dar said in a media statement on Wednesday. He added that DA will support the advocacy of the Association of Rabbit Meat Producers Inc., led by Artemio Veneracion Jr., for