The Field Guide to Rabbits

Description

Rabbits are an immensely popular pet, and with 47 breeds to choose from, buyers and owners need this comprehensive guide. Listing all 47 types with full history, colour, type, fur, size and shape for each breed, this ensures you can choose which one is best for you, be it for a child's pet, breeding, farming, or competing in rabbit shows. For anyone wanting to raise a rabbit, there can be no better guide than this thorough, convenient, and accessible book.It is the first full-colour, pocket guide to rabbits, essential for pet owners, breeders, farmers. Rabbits are immensely popular, appealing to families as pets, naturists, farmers, breeders. This work lists all 47 breeds of rabbit, with fur, colour, shape, size, history, plus information on bunny behaviour and show rabbits.

Samantha Johnson received her first rabbit at age eleven and has been a rabbit owner and enthusiast ever since. She is a freelance writer and a certified horse judge and the author of How to Raise Horses. She lives on a farm in northeastern Wisconsin.

Review in Library Journal, Feb. 1, 2008 (Circ.: 18,000)"Johnson has been a rabbit owner and enthusiast most of her life, and her book is far more than a guide to keeping rabbits as pets. It provides an insight into the world of rabbit shows, breeding, and bunny behavior and even offers a brief history of rabbits. There are 47 different breeds of rabbits recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association, and there is an entry devoted to each breed, which details basic characteristics and includes color photos. Like dogs and cats, rabbits are exhibited at shows across the country, with the show season culminating in an annual national convention. While a search of Amazon.com reveals several titles on raising rabbits, this book is unique because of its thorough explanation of rabbit classification and showing. It is up to date and includes the newest recognized breed as well as three new breeds that are going through the process of becoming sanctioned. Practical and well organized, this concise volume should be essential reading for anyone interested in raising domestic rabbits. A worthwhile purchase for all public libraries". Deborah Emerson, Rochester Regional Lib. Council, Fairport, NY