I don't breed, nor show, but I joined ARBAbecause it doesfurther the cause and development of allaspects of rabbit husbandry and does not limit itself to a narrowlyfocused agenda as some of the other rabbit oriented organizationsdo.
Rabbit people, such as ourselves, do need representation beforegovernment and the public in some manner. ARBA is more"centered" and less "shrill" than some organizations, well known Imight add, that would prefer all rabbit breeding cease and no one bepermitted to keep a rabbit as a pet.
TheOfficial Guide Book Raising BetterRabbits andCavies that I received upon joiningback ARBA in 2001 was very well done. Domestic Rabbitsis a bi-monthly magazine which has regular columns on medicine, pets,cooking, meat prices,breed history, children and rabbits,andothers. It also presents Executive Board and CommitteeReports, as well as regional information. It is particularlyuseful if one is interested in showing rabbits. It is NOT aRabbits USA type of magazine, but tends to be more substantialand less "fluffy" than Rabbits USA. I dolook forward to receiving my copies.
The ARBA Yearbook largely devotes itself to listing ARBA membersand breeders for the current year, registered clubs, rules,constitution, committees and other general information.
Pam Nock has received acclaim for the sheer number of people she hasreferred to ARBA and I am sure you can understand why. She isa superlative example of the quality breeder, Registrar, and Judge thatARBA is capable of producing. When one realizes sherecommends joining ARBA, one has a tendency to listen because she is soimpressively knowledgeable.
You could do a lot worse than spending your $15.00 -$20.00 by joiningARBA this year, 2005. Don't forget to mention that Pam Nockreferred you.
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