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Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding
Selective breeding

Selective breeding in domesticated animals is the process of a Breeder developing a cultivated breed over time, and selecting qualities within individuals of the breed that will be best to pass on to the next generation....
 and raising domestic rabbit
Domestic rabbit

A domestic rabbit is any of the several varieties of European rabbit that has been domestic animalMale rabbits are called bucks; females are called does....
s, usually for their meat
Meat

In modern English usage, meat most often refers to animal biological tissue used as food, mostly skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to offal, including livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, in some countries lungs, and a variety of other internal organs as well as blood....
, fur
Fur

Fur is a Hair of any non-human mammal, also known as the pelage. It may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair....
, or wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
. Some people, called rabbit
Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genus in the family taxonomy as rabbits, including the European rabbit , Cottontail rabbit , and the Amami rabbit ....
 fancier
Animal fancy

Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, and/or breeding of pet or domestic animals.Fancy may include pet and exotic pet ownership, showing, trialling and other competitions, selective breeding and judging....
s, practice cuniculture predominantly for show or hobby.








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Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding
Selective breeding

Selective breeding in domesticated animals is the process of a Breeder developing a cultivated breed over time, and selecting qualities within individuals of the breed that will be best to pass on to the next generation....
 and raising domestic rabbit
Domestic rabbit

A domestic rabbit is any of the several varieties of European rabbit that has been domestic animalMale rabbits are called bucks; females are called does....
s, usually for their meat
Meat

In modern English usage, meat most often refers to animal biological tissue used as food, mostly skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to offal, including livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, in some countries lungs, and a variety of other internal organs as well as blood....
, fur
Fur

Fur is a Hair of any non-human mammal, also known as the pelage. It may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair....
, or wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
. Some people, called rabbit
Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genus in the family taxonomy as rabbits, including the European rabbit , Cottontail rabbit , and the Amami rabbit ....
 fancier
Animal fancy

Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, and/or breeding of pet or domestic animals.Fancy may include pet and exotic pet ownership, showing, trialling and other competitions, selective breeding and judging....
s, practice cuniculture predominantly for show or hobby.

See also

  • American Rabbit Breeders' Association
    American Rabbit Breeders' Association

    The American Rabbit Breeders' Association is a national club for domestic rabbit and cavy breeders. The ARBA is headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois in the United States....
  • Laurices
    Laurices

    The term laurices refers to the foetus of the rabbit prepared without evisceration and consumed as a table delicacy. The word is the plural of the Latin word laurex , assumed to have been borrowed from an Iberian language source....
Usually, the cuniculturist will "match" the rabbits together based on personality, or size.

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