ANGEL'S & OUTLAW'S

 

The Lionhead rabbit is one of the newest domestic rabbit
breeds in the United States.

 

In 1998 the Lionhead rabbit was first discussed at a Breeds Standards Committee (BSC) meeting for the Brittish Rabbit Council. A year later the standards were proposed to the BSC committee to which they agreed. In the following years the working standard was accepted, an official lionhead club was founded and by 2002 the breed was officially recognized by the Brittish Rabbit Council.

 

The first Lionhead was imported to the United States from Eurpoe in 2000 by JoAnne Statler of Minnesota. The five different varieties that were first taken in to MN were a silver tipped doe, a dark siamese sable buck, a harlequin doe, a broken chestnut agouti buck and a black sport buck. In an effort to broaden the gene pool, several Minnesota breeders began cross breeding the lionheards to several other smaller breeds like the Polish or Netherland Dwarf. In 2001 the North American Lionhead Rabbit Club was founded at the MN State Rabbit Breeders Association State Show... (to be continued)

 

Lionheads are the 48th breed recognized by the ARBA and were only formally recognized as of February 1st of 2014 making them one of the newest domestic rabbits breeds currently in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source:

https://www.arba.net/PDFs/LHFAQ.pdf