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The Holland Lop is a breed of lop-eared rabbit that was recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) in 1979. The Holland Lop, with a maximum weight of 1.8 kg (4 lb) (as stipulated by ARBA), is one of the smallest lop-eared breeds. [1] Holland Lops are one of the most popular rabbit breeds in the United States and the United ...
The Miniature Plush Lop is a small breed of rabbit that weighs 1.7–1.8 kg (3.7–4.0 lb). The rabbit comes in blue, brown, tan, grey, white, and black. It originates from eastern Ohio in 1995 by Devie D'Anniballe, and was a mix of a Mini Rex and a Holland Lop. [124] [125] [126] Miniature Plush Lops are very delicate due to their small size. [127]
There is also a Canadian Plush Lop, [citation needed] with the "curly" variant rex fur. Created using Astrex as well as Holland Lop and Mini Rex base stock, the Canadian Plush Lop is a curly breed. It has a more fully arched conformation than the other rex lops, is very bold and friendly, and excels at rabbit agility.
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Different breeds of rabbit at an exhibition in the Netherlands, 1952. As of 2017, there were at least 305 breeds of the domestic rabbit in 70 countries around the world raised for in the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their value in meat, fur, wool, education, scientific research, entertainment and companionship in cuniculture. [1]
Some lop-eared rabbits have been deliberately bred for exaggerated ear length. [4] As this can be considered detrimental to the rabbit's health, requirements in Germany "ban rabbits with ears over 65 cm (25.5 in), and in Holland, 70 cm (27.5 in) is as long as they can be allowed [in shows] before disqualification."
A Dutch rabbit breeder, Adriann de Cock, is generally credited with developing in late 1949 the dwarf lop breeds, by crossing the French Lop (one of the largest of the lop breeds) with the tiny Netherland Dwarf. [citation needed] Years of hard work paid off to produce the smallest of the lop breeds, and Holland Lops of approximately 2–2.5 ...
"The fact this bunny thinks it's a chicken could make me cry for days," photographer Phoebe wrote in the text overlay. "He just frolics with them all day long," she added.