Rabbit 101 Part 3

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Checkered Giant- It's a huge and active breed which only available in blue and black in colour varieties. Among its ancestors were the Flemish Giant and purportedly a breed known as the Checkered Lop, a spotted lop.

Cinnamon- Originating in Montana in the 1960s, this breed was developed by rabbit breeder Ellis Houseman. This rabbit is only available in reddish color. 

Dwarf Hotot- The rabbit can be found in only white with dark eyes and weigh about 3 pounds. The Dwarf Hotot is small and compact, a stocky, docile little rabbit much like the Netherland Dwarf.

Lilac- It has a dense silky fur evenly coloured throughout in a pinkish dove shade, and of course they've lilac to lavender coloration.

Satin- A genetic mutation found first in a litter of Havana, the Satin is named because of its soft, shiny coat. They are a commercial type rabbit, with one of the best meat to bone ratios. The satin is a medium size rabbit that weighs about 9 pounds.

p/s: Tomorrow (3/2/2011) is Chinese New Year. Once again I wish Gong Xi Fa Chai to all of you. Happy gathering and have a nice holidays with your beloved family (^_~)

Rabbit Killer Shocks Germany

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It's not human life the murderer's after, but the cute little creature in backyard is the main target for this serial killer in Germany is looking for. I don't know what grudge does this killer is holding towards pet rabbit, but it must be really serious since more than 30 pet rabbits were killed.

Elfriede Dumont, the rabbit owner told a story that's happen to her pet rabbit. One morning, when I came out to feed my rabbits, I was surprised to see that the hutch door was open," recalls Elfriede. "I looked inside and saw Rocco just lying there. His head was missing. A little later I found Felina in the bushes. She'd been killed, too. I just cannot understand why."

Elfriede Dumont cannot understand the motive for killing her pets. Me neither.

Rocco and Felina are among the 30 pet rabbits killed in the towns of Witten and Dortmund since last summer.

Many of the rabbits have been decapitated and the blood drained from their bodies. "I would never expect something to happen here," says Elfriede's granddaughter, Sabrina. "This place is so quiet. You can leave your car open and everything's fine. Yet there are people who murder rabbits!" 

At the same time, police fear the attacker could switch from killing rabbits to killing people. "It's always the same," Officer Schuette explains. "Detectives find the rabbit lying dead in a hutch. An unknown person has cut off the head and drained off the blood in a box or a bottle. So we find no blood and no head."

It is one of the most shocking cases of animal cruelty that Germans can remember. This case makes me sick!

Source: BBC News

Fine $3000 for Mistreating Rabbit

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A Man admits mistreating rabbits was fined $3,000 in Edmonton court. Well I guess that was a worth action for abusing small animals. Personally I hate people who treat any animal in bad manner. All pet owner should know their obligation once they've keeping a pet. Even a small hamster is not an easy thing to take care off.

EDMONTON — William Lavery may have considered his pet rabbits his “babies,” but when animal protection officers found them in an abandoned bus last year, the animals were sickly, injured, malnourished and soaked in urine and feces. Four were dead.

“It’s not a case of wrongdoing, but it is a case of letting it get out of hand,” Lavery’s lawyer, Doug Vigen, told an Edmonton court Wednesday. Lavery pleaded guilty to causing an animal to be in distress and was fined $3,000. The animals were discovered by a photographer and models doing a photo shoot in the area around 9620 27th Ave. on Nov. 10, 2009. The group approached the bus after smelling a foul odor.

Crown prosecutor Christian Lim painted a grim picture of the scene inside the cold, dark bus. Lim said the rabbits were caked with feces and soaked in urine, and some appeared malnourished. Some had bite marks on them and some were missing their testicles or penises. Many of the animals had contagious infections and urine burns, Lim said.

Owww man.....it's totally awful!

Of the 41 live rabbits taken from the bus by animal protection officers, 26 were euthanized. The rest were treated for health problems and placed for adoption at the Edmonton Humane Society. Both the defence and Crown characterized the case Wednesday as a situation that began with good intentions.

These rabbits were placed in women toilet..... guess what they saw....?

There're too many pictures of animal abusing if you google it. Those pictures are more horrifying and pathetic than any other pictures I've ever seen. 

Say NO to animal abusing!