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A group of rabbits is known as a colony, [7] nest, or warren, [8] though the latter term more commonly refers to where the rabbits live. [9] A group of baby rabbits produced from a single mating is referred to as a litter [10] and a group of domestic rabbits living together is sometimes called a herd. [8]
Myxomatosis can also infect pet rabbits (the same species). Today's remaining feral rabbits in Australia are largely immune to myxomatosis. A strain of a second deadly rabbit virus, rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD), was imported to Australia in 1991 as a biological control agent, and was released accidentally in 1995, killing millions of rabbits.
On average, domestic rabbits can live to be between 8 and 12 years old, says Blue Cross, a British animal welfare nonprofit. The oldest recorded domestic rabbit lived to be 18 years and 10 months ...
For this reason, biological warfare against rabbits in Australia is a serious concern for conservation activities in other parts of the world. [ 42 ] The cost of rabbit vaccination substantially raises the cost of rabbit meat in Australia; from 2004 to 2014, the number of farms dropped from 80 to 4, and the meat has become a rarity.
Pygmy rabbits are the only North American rabbits that dig burrows and live in a sagebrush habitat. In the wild, pygmy rabbits eat sagebrush almost exclusively in the winter; during summer, they eat a more varied diet. They may have two to four litters of about two to six kits during the spring and summer breeding seasons.
The Flemish Giant is an ancestor of many rabbit breeds from all over the world, one of which is the Belgian Hare, [1] which was imported into England in the mid-19th century. [2] The Flemish Giant was exported from England and Belgium to America in the early 1890s to increase the size of meat rabbits during the great "rabbit boom". [ 6 ]
Dr. Rebecca MacMillan notes that rabbits often do well when living together as they are very sociable animals. She says, "In the wild rabbits live in communities that consist of interconnecting ...
Rabbits that live indoors are less exposed to the dangers of predators, parasites, diseases, adverse weather, and pesticides, which in turn increases their lifespan. [37] Cages are generally too small for most rabbits to live comfortably—even laboratory rabbits require significant space and enrichment [ 71 ] —and rabbit welfare groups ...