The next time I hear the phrase "responsible breeder" I'm posting this link

[LeftyMom]

http://www.ocprs.co.uk/index.html

How on earth does it benefit a rabbit to be inbred to the degree that it expresses some recessive gene for pinkness? Any why on earth is somebody selling thousand dollar pink rabbits when perfectly healthy and wonderful rabbits die every day for lack of homes?

:wtf:

[Duppers]

1. Excellent point! nt

nt

[CountAllVotes]

2. one word LeftyMom

GREED!

Now rabbits have become the newest "Prisoners of Greed".

I will not stop!

Soon they'll be auctioning this off too and you just KNOW that the genes are all messed up. :mad:

Thanks for the info. albeit disgusting, loathsome and criminal!

CountAllVotes

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[Debau2005]

3. Pink Rabbit?

Since when did animals come in fashion colors? This is disgusting...

[CountAllVotes]

5. It's like all of these "designer" dogs they have now

or "designer puppies" known as Torkies, Borkies, Lasapoos, Maltichons, Lasa Poos, Yorkeranians, Shi poos, Morkies, Foxerians, Papichons. These dogs have the worst of both worlds IMO.

They are from mills most likely and that means that got the bad genes of whatever the two breeds are mixed together in one dog. :cry:

God only knows what they'll be like if they even live to see 5 years of age. :(

[BrklynLiberal]

13. The greater irony of these "breeds" is that they are actually what we used to call MUTTS!!!

and these fools are paying thousands of dollars for them when they could get the same exact thing at their local shelter for a few bucks, and save a life in the bargain!!!!

[CountAllVotes]

14. not anymore

now they are congenital nightmares. You get two mill dogs of different breeds and breed them. What kind of mutt will you get? A really messed up mutt! :(

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[Coventina]

4. I understand what you are saying, LM but

I have conflicted feelings on the issue, especially when it comes to dogs.

There are so many great breeds of dogs that have gone "extinct" or come very close.

One that I am writing a lot about in my thesis is the Kooikerhondje, a Dutch breed that nearly went extinct. During WW2 a Dutch noblewoman, who was also working in the Dutch underground resistance at the time, decided to revive the breed. She searched the country, and finally found a bitch true to type. Without her efforts, the breed would have passed into history.

A very similar thing happened in the 19th century with the Irish Wolfhound. I think they are both fabulous breeds, and I'm glad they are still around. I'll never own one, though. My companion animals will always be rescues. But I can't help feeling glad that there are people out there that are keeping these rare breeds in existence.

YMMV, and I accept that. I'm not trying to be argumentative.

[CountAllVotes]

8. this is very quickly happening to ALL thoroughbreds

sadly and yes it is true. Reason is greed and the damn mills and auctions. Many people end up with a dog/cat from one of these backgrounds and don't know it and then they breed it and the cycle only goes on the continue and worsen. :(

We must shut down the mills and the auctions and then perhaps there will be a chance for the purebred dogs/cats we love to thrive and continue on.

I am glad to know of this story from many years ago, from a time when there probably weren't a bunch of greedy millers and auctions going on.

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[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. Honestly, I just find those disturbing. My bunnies are perfect the way they are.

A little brown one and a big white & silver one.

Plus they were only $10.

[NMMNG]

7. Greed and stupidity

People care more about having designer color rabbits and wasting money than the health of the animal, even if it means other animals die for want of loving homes.

[Critters2]

9. Interestingly, that link has been disabled. nt

[LeftyMom]

10. Looks like they didn't buy enough bandwidth.

It's a breeder who has developed and is selling, for 600 lbs a piece (!), pink rabbits. From the pictures I saw it looks like they're some variant of the usual albino rabbits available anyplace, but I wouldn't be shocked if it's a scam, either.

[Critters2]

11. Why would anyone?! People never cease to amaze! nt

[LeftyMom]

12. They'd breed bunnies with two heads if they could get $1200 a pop for them

:shrug:

[flvegan]

15. "Responsible breeder" and "benefit" in the same sentence?

Using a "supplement" to manipulate animals to be another color seems to me to be akin to promoting aggression in another animal. So, to me, this is little more than just another person exploiting an animal for his/her own use, and is little removed from a person breeding dogs to fight.

"Benefit a rabbit" is funny. Anyone making money from an industry that uses animals to drive profits DOES NOT CARE about benefit, unless it's for them.