Humane rabbit meat producers raise them in ahumane way. Some have pet rabbits, but they usually don'tname their livestock. Our dairy farmer friends raise beef forfood. Similarly, they are not named, as are the milk cows.
I think the topic can be broached without antagonizing everyone, and Ithink Carolyn has the sense to know how to handle it. It onlybecomes problematical when someone becomes insensitive toanother person's position, or trolls come in looking for, and fomentingtrouble in any way that they can.
The "old " Rabbits Only Forum had a history of being "open"to all, and I think I learned more in that environment than some of thestrictly pet forums I visited. Pets only forums rarely seemedto have the broad based experience level that breeders and meatproducers can often bring to a discussion.
I don't breed, don't intend to breed, nor do I show, but I do seek moreinformation about rabbit keeping from any source that will provideit. That is why I, personally, joined ARBA(American RabbitBreeders Association), in lieu of some other, strictly pet orientedorganizations.
ARBA is open to all rabbit fanciers and links to otherorganizations, in order to make your search for informationeasier; unlike some other national and internationalorganizations, which remain very parochial and adamant in that theirpositions are the ONLY valid ones. Too dictatorial for mytastes!
I will use the, ofttimes, very creditable information they distribute,and recommend it to others, but will not accept a
partyline because they say I must. I reservethe right to make up my own mind.
Free ranging rabbits, for example, is anathema to some of theseorganizations.We've been doing it for years, in spite oftheir harbingering of doom, and will continue to do it, as longasour buns so obviously seem to enjoy it.
Anyway, I digress. I think we're intelligent enough here to understandwe're all not exactly alike in our philosophical approaches to life,but that we can still learn something of value about our furry littlefriends.
Off my soap box! Apologize if I bored anyone.
Buck
