Raising Rabbits the Modern Way

by Bob Bennett

Provides information on feeding, housing, showing, selling, and breeding rabbits, and offers advice on raising rabbits as a business

Genres: Animals, Agriculture, Rabbits, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Bob Bennett is the author of six books on rabbit raising, including "Storey’s Guide to Raising Rabbits" and "Rabbit Housing," as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. He has served as the editor of Rabbits magazine, has been a contributing editor to Countryside magazine, and is the founder of Domestic Rabbits and a past director of the American Rabbit Breeders Association. An Air Force veteran, Bennett has a master’s degree from New York University and lives in Vermont, where he has raised rabbits for more than 50 years.

Reviews

[Ellen Bell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book on raising rabbits is aimed at newcomers to the industry who are interested in starting on a small scale, and ultimately earning some income from their hobby. It is definitely NOT geared toward someone who thinks rabbits are meant to be cute, fluffy pets. This book is for someone who's going to raise rabbits primarily for commercial purposes such as meat, fur, and/or laboratory use. I enjoyed and appreciated the author's straightforward and unapologetic approach to commercial rabbit raising (for example, his no-nonsense suggestion that a swift blow to the skull is a more appropriate cure for some illnesses than the expense of veterinary care). If you are someone who can view rabbits through the lens of "livestock" rather than pets, then this book is for you.

Unfortunately, the book is also highly dated. When writing this book nearly 30 years ago, the author (unwisely, in my opinion) made reference to many specific dollar amounts covering everything from expense of materials, to the price per pound of meat, to selling prices for various types of rabbits. The reader must obviously look past all this out-of-date information and focus on the book's more evergreen aspects: how to look for good foundation stock, how to manage breeding, and how to construct the infrastructure of a small-scale rabbitry.

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[Annette McIntyre · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very helpful book telling you how to raise the best rabbits for breeding, showing, fur and meat.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another good book by Bob Bennant.