{"id":7666,"date":"2020-02-07T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?p=7666"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T20:09:46","slug":"rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/2020\/02\/07\/rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plate 1. Sicily Spencer of Kirbyville (left) and judge Lisa Jennings of Protem (right) inspect \u201cEmily,\u201d a 10-week-old New Zealand White. Jennings is current Missouri director of the Havana Rabbit Breeders Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rabbits<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

by Joshua Heston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, look at the cute bunny!\u201d For a large number of folks, the history, culture and science of rabbits are absolutely unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabbits are small mammals (not rodents) in the Leporidae family. Traditionally raised for meat and fur, rabbits make excellent show animals.<\/p>\n

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plate 2. Sicily Spencer (left) and Katee Dixon (right) show their rabbits on the first night of the Taney County 4H Fair.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are a surprising number of breeds each high quality show rabbits selling for more than $200 apiece. There are Havanas, Rex Rabbits, Mini-Lops, New Zealands, Angoras, just to name a few. Colors are often divided into categories like Black, Blue, Broken, Red or White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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plate 3. Katee Dixon\u2019s \u201cEmily,\u201d a New Zealand White. \u201c\u2018Emily\u2019 does whatever she wants,\u201d shares Dixon.<\/p><\/div>\n

Rabbit-raising is serious stuff, far-removed from the simple Easter rabbit imagery. Rabbits require proper care, good feed and the correct handling processes and more.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s good to see an organization like 4H continuing education in the responsibility and ability to properly care for all critters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It builds character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published<\/strong> June 30, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabbit breed list:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 American \u2022 American Fuzzy Lops \u2022 American Sable \u2022 Angora – English \u2022 Angora – French \u2022 Angora – Giant \u2022 Angora – Satin \u2022 Belgian Hare \u2022 Beveren \u2022 Britannia Petite \u2022 Californian \u2022 Champagne D’Argent \u2022 Checkered Giant \u2022 Chinchilla – American \u2022 Chinchilla – Giant \u2022 Chinchilla Standard \u2022 Cinnamon \u2022 Creme D’Argent \u2022 Dutch \u2022 Dwarf Hotot \u2022 English Spot \u2022 Flemish Giant \u2022 Florida White \u2022 Harlequin \u2022 Havana \u2022 Himilayan \u2022 Holland Lops \u2022 Hotot, Blanc de \u2022 Jersey Woolys \u2022 Lilac \u2022 Lop – English \u2022 Lop – French \u2022 Lop – Mini \u2022 Mini Rex \u2022 Mini Satin \u2022 Netherla<\/p>\n

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plate 4. Evan Spencer, 13, of Kirbyville, shows \u201cCelia Abilene,\u201d a New Zealand white doe. \u201cShe is a lot nicer than her sister,\u201d says Spencer, \u201cbut we\u2019ll have to clip her teeth or she\u2019ll die. She is jealous of other rabbits and gets miffed when I pick other rabbits up.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

nd Dwarf \u2022 New Zealand \u2022 Palomino \u2022 Polish \u2022 Rex \u2022 Rhinelander \u2022 Satin \u2022 Silver \u2022 Silver Fox \u2022 Silver Marten \u2022 Tan \u2022 Thrianta<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original 1918 4H Pledge:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I pledge…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater loyalty, My Hands to larger service, And my Health to better living, For my club, my community and my country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Otis E. Hall of Kansas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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plate 5. This photo of Sicily Spencer of Kirbyville embodies all that is good about 4H and animal-raising. \u201d<\/p><\/div>\r\n

4H Taney County Animal Show, 2013<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the hard work of folks like Cassandra Nebena, Ken and Kimberly Dixon, a handful of supremely qualified judges and a growing number of dedicated kids, the 4H program in Taney County is making a comeback. Despite the tourism in our area, agriculture still plays an important part of our economy and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a valuable place for these kids to share, to learn, and to be recognized for their efforts. Raising animals is hard work, requiring everyday responsibility, dedication and education. It is work which teaches us a great deal of science, compassion, common sense and a sense of reality far removed from most \u201creality\u201d TV shows.<\/p>\n

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Photo credits: J. Heston. All Plates, Taney County 4H Fair, Forsyth, Missouri (06\/13\/13). State of the Ozarks \u00a9 Archive. June 20, 2013<\/h2><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plate 1. Sicily Spencer of Kirbyville (left) and judge Lisa Jennings of Protem (right) inspect \u201cEmily,\u201d a 10-week-old New Zealand White. Jennings is current Missouri director of the Havana Rabbit Breeders Association. Rabbits by Joshua Heston \u201cOh, look at the cute bunny!\u201d For a large number of folks, the history, culture and science of rabbits…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[582,947],"tags":[1307],"class_list":["post-7666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sotoarchive","category-sustainableozarks","tag-rabbits","category-582","category-947","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7666"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7679,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666\/revisions\/7679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}