There are many factors involved in rabbit breeding that impact performance. In this evaluation of a Dutch Belted rabbit breeding colony, the environment, breeding techniques, and socialization all ...

Rabbits run a complex communication system that often goes unnoticed. It looks strange, but it is usually instinctive or tied ...

The aim of this research was to evaluate the possible usefulness of mirrors in improving rabbit behavior in a free-range breeding system. Three groups (each consisting of nine replicates of three ...

SPOKANE, Wash. ” The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls to find time for ...

She bought a few rabbits and began rearing them at home. The interest would soon fade away while in high school, only to resurface several decades later. "In 2006, I began keeping rabbits again, this ...

(1) Rabbits were trapped and recaptured at Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve from May 1976 to March 1978. (2) The size of the breeding population seemed to be established during January and February, ...

A breeding program at the Bronx Zoo allowed scientists to release 15 young cottontail rabbits, the only rabbit species native to New England, into three areas in Maine as part of an effort to prevent ...

The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls and found time for love. Proud ...

Since we began raising rabbits on our homestead, the phrase “breeding like rabbits” has taken on a whole new meaning to us. I, like so many other rabbit breeders, had one heck of a time trying to ...

The jury is out on exactly how many rabbit breeds there are in the world but we've rounded up 32 breeds of rabbits here for you. There are of course wild rabbits in existence alongside the many ...