August 23, 2013 - Angora Rabbits

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Home of Grand Champions - English Angora by Betty Chu



Vendela

White Doe. Winner of 38 legs, 19 BOBs and 12 Best in Shows. Best White Wool in the 1995 ARBA National Convention. Mother of many Grand Champions.



Bubbling Champagne

Fawn Doe. Winner of 3 legs and 2 BOB. The starting point of BC line, she is in the background of all Betty Chu's rabbits.



Rebecca

Tort Doe. Winner of 19 legs, 14 BOBs and 7 Best in Shows.

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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="4"]Until I saw this, I did not know that angora came from rabbits. Gathering the fur is a very time consuming process. One has to gently pull the fur out of the coat of the rabbit.

It doesn't hurt the rabbit at all, it just comes loose. In fact, if the loose fur is not removed, the rabbit's coat becomes a huge ratted mess. It's a win-win for rabbit and owner![/SIZE][/FONT]

ha ha ha! They are hysterical!

CaliforniaMama;874060 wrote:

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4] In fact, if the loose fur is not removed, the rabbit's coat becomes a huge ratted mess.[/SIZE][/FONT]

That's the trouble with tribbles.

Makes me want to find a loooOOOong pipe and a powerful vacuum cleaner.

... or a Van Der Graaf generator

...or a better camera.

I don't like cleaning their hairs out of my crockpot.

I bet that first one melted down about 5 minutes after the picture was taken.

Self cooking.

Bubbling champagne looks like the Trojan rabbit from the Holy Grail.

CaliforniaMama;874060 wrote:

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="4"]Until I saw this, I did not know that angora came from rabbits. Gathering the fur is a very time consuming process. One has to gently pull the fur out of the coat of the rabbit.

It doesn't hurt the rabbit at all, it just comes loose. In fact, if the loose fur is not removed, the rabbit's coat becomes a huge ratted mess. It's a win-win for rabbit and owner![/SIZE][/FONT]

I think that's PR bollocks. Probably some fancy and expensive angora fur may be harvested that way, but I used to hang around one of these places when I was a kid and they just got it by plain ol' shearing, just like they do with sheep.

Edit: Rabbit stew, mmmmh.