The best paté I ever ate was rabbit paté bought in Normandy about 40 years ago.
Years ago, when we actually had a local butcher, he used to sell rabbit, which I bought regularly. He told me he had a customer whose family said they would never eat rabbits (dear little fluffy things), but she fed it to them anyway and told them it was 'prairie chicken. They all liked prairie chicken.
As for the 'dear little fluffy things' - I did hear of someone who fell out with her next door neighbour because her rabbit bit their alsatian.