Thursday, October 22, 2009

9 Show Jumping

Is it a rabbit, or is it a duck?
Is the part on the left the rabbit's ears or the duck's bill?

I prefer to only move photos that are in complete public domain. But here are links to 3 photos of show jumping bunnies. This is IMO, a start in the right direction for pet bunnies. Breeding bunnies that are calm enough to go out in public, will walk on a leash, and who can be trained.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rabbit_agility_or_rabbit_show_jumping.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaninhoppning-king_of_joyride.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kanihyppy.jpg

Here's a link to a domestic rabbit of some kind
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ro_pool_gilberte.jpg

Here is a marsh rabbit with short ears.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marsh_Rabbit.jpg

Unlike some fish, dogs, and cats, we don't really have really weird rabbit breeds, yet.
Rabbits have been mostly bred for their pelts, and their meat.

Now that they are being bred and sold as pets, we will probably start to see the same deteriation in rabbits that we have in dogs.

Rabbit are cute, aren't they? I would rather they be bred to be good pets than to be bred for oddities.