wendymac wrote:
For a lot of breeds (especially the rare ones) are hard to find locally. There are many times that breeders will purchase a rabbit from far away and it'll get transported by someone else that's heading to a show/event/Convention to be picked up by the new owner. Hardly anyone will ship a rabbit via airplane, because it's so hard on them. But sometimes having one transported by someone coming your way is the only way to get some of the breeds out there...or to even improve your own stock with some outside blood.
This really worries me. I am starting a second breed and am planning on picking them up at Convention. They're a very rare breed and there are NO breeders in my state, and very very few even in the surrounding states. I'm picking them up at Convention, but they're coming from Washington. How are people going to be able to promote and encourage people to try the rarer breeds when they can't actually get or see them?
Also, I picked up a few rabbits at this past Nationals and there would have been absolutely no way I could have driven to each state to pick up one rabbit. It was so convenient to just be able to pick them all up at one location.