Pet rabbits descend from the now-endangered wild European rabbits, first domesticated for food and fur, and later used in medical research. Like other animals domesticated for food or to be pets, there are many breeds of rabbit.
Raising Rabbits. Get complete rabbit information, instructions and pictures for every facet of raising and breeding rabbits as pets, or for meat, show and fur.
Owners are being urged to restrict possible contact between their pets and rabbits with myxomatosis.
San Antonian Joe Guerra has owned pet rabbits for two years and considers them part of his family. “As a kid my grandparents had rabbits as pets,” he said. “I got used to being around rabbits.” He ...
Oregonian: Pet Talk: Rabbits -- with some exceptions -- do not make good pets
Pet Talk: Rabbits -- with some exceptions -- do not make good pets
English spot rabbits are a popular and pretty breed of rabbit. They were created by breeders in 19th-century England. They're frequently kept as pets. They’re also bred on commercial rabbit farms, ...
Rabbits, or bunnies, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated form of livestock, and a pet, having a widespread effect on ecologies and cultures. The most widespread rabbit genera are Oryctolagus and ...
Rabbit, any of 29 species of long-eared mammals belonging to the family Leporidae, excluding hares (genus Lepus). Rabbits are ground dwellers whose habitat ranges from deserts to tropical forests and wetlands. Rabbits differ from hares in size, life history, and preferred habitat.