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By Callene Rapp, Owner of Rare Hare Barn, Co-author of Raising Rabbits for Meat
Rabbits are relative newcomers in the gallery of domestic animals, having only been domesticated and shaped into what we know as breeds in the last few hundred years.
All our modern rabbit breeds descended from the European wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, which was ...
by Dr. Tim Safranski, University of Missouri
Domestic farm animals descend from wild animals. Pigs were the third animal to be domesticated, following sheep and goats. This occurred in two locations, beginning with hunting pigs for food, transitioning to management and selective breeding for gentler animals adapted to local needs and resources, ultimately leading to di...