1932 -1964 my DAD was engineer at Ice Plants in Miami and South Beach, Royal Palm Inc..
During WW2 they supplied ice to the hotels around the Miami and the Beach where all the Servicemen were housed. Each night he brought ice to our house and the neighbors.
During the war we raised our own vegetables, chickens, turkeys, ducks and rabbits. We also fished a lot in the surrounding waters.
My brother worked at the poultry shop. (he was 10 years older than me) the shop had all manner of fowl and rabbits live in cages..you picked out the one you wanted and came back 2 hours later and it was cleaned and ready for cooking. My brother did the gutting and such on everything bought at the shop. Thats all they sold, live animals. You knew what you picked was not a sick animal and cleaned well...he was never crazy about eating chicken..