THE DOMESTICATED RABBIT 
Tuer domesticated rabbit has been bred for 
more than one hundred years in an extensive 
fashion. It has centered largely in Belgium 
and other Continental countries of Europe. 
Germany produced a variety of large rabbits 
having a white pelt dotted with black spots. 
This rabbit was an offshoot from the old Bel- 
gian giant. 
It seems that most of the breeds coming 
from Europe have originated from the Belgian 
hare which, in fact, is not a hare at all but a 
rabbit. It takes its name from the fact that 
the breeders in England attempted and par- 
tially succeeded in breeding the Belgian rab- 
bit to such a state that it closely resembled 
the wild English hare. Hence the name. 
About thirty years ago there was a tre- 
mendous craze over the Belgian hare in this 
country. It swept the nation like a forest fire. 
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