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The Amazing Mini Rex Timeline

  • Period: Dec 8, 1500 to

    History of the mini rex

    This is the history or the miini rex bunny
  • First domesticated rabbits
    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

    Breeds

    People started to experiment with breeding different types of rabbits together.
  • Angora astablished

    Angora astablished

    first Angoras
  • Rabbit tradgety in Britian

    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

    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

    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

    Colors

    New colors began to come into this breed.
  • First convention entry

    First convention entry

    Monna and Ken Berryhill brougt two of their cator mini rexes
  • Frist tri color

    Frist tri color

    Linda Thompson bred the first tri color mini rex
  • first lilac

    first lilac

    Judy Ball bred the first lilac mini rex
  • aproved

    aproved

    The tricolor was approved
  • Total

    Total

    There are 61 domestic breeds and 531 varieties recognized in the UK
  • Blue Eyed White

    Blue Eyed White

    BEW passed presentation
  • sable point

    sable point

    The sable point is recognize
  • Linda  Thompson

    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

    My first

    I got my first mini rexes