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Period: Dec 8, 1500 to
History of the mini rex
This is the history or the miini rex bunny -
May 8, 1550
First domesticated rabbits
The first domesticated rabbits were from the middle ages. They were used as farm animals. Rabbits have been used for many years before this though. -
Breeds
People started to experiment with breeding different types of rabbits together. -
Angora astablished
first Angoras -
Rabbit tradgety in Britian
Myxomatosis spead from rabbits in France to rabbits in Britian. This is a disease carried by rabbit fleas. This killed more than 99% of the rabbit population in Britian. -
The beginning
We were first developed by a breeder named Monica Berryhill from Texas in December of 1984. There were a total of seven in this litter. She bred a dwarf rex buck named Zoro with a lynx rex doe named Cotton. Of the seven offspring, three of them were does. Their names were Happy, Bashful, and Dopey. Most of us can be traced back to those three. -
Hop forward
Happy, Bashful, and dopey were sent to Linda Thompson and Gloria Middleton in Sarasota, Florida to be bred to extend the breed. -
Colors
New colors began to come into this breed. -
First convention entry
Monna and Ken Berryhill brougt two of their cator mini rexes -
Frist tri color
Linda Thompson bred the first tri color mini rex -
first lilac
Judy Ball bred the first lilac mini rex -
aproved
The tricolor was approved -
Total
There are 61 domestic breeds and 531 varieties recognized in the UK -
Blue Eyed White
BEW passed presentation -
sable point
The sable point is recognize -
Linda Thompson
She lost her battle with cancer and died. In memory of her the NMRRC renamed their group to the Linda Thompson Memorial Scholarship. -
My first
I got my first mini rexes
