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British Mini Lop

British Mini Lop The origin of rabbits is definitely attributed to a Dutch rabbit breeder, Adrinn de Cock. From 1949 to 1950, he began to make huge French Lop(French Lop) and small French Lop Netherland Dwarf (Netherland Dwarf) mates successfully and produces 6 young rabbits. But disappointingly, these 6 young rabbits did not carry the characteristics of lop-eared rabbits. In 1952, he selected 1 female rabbit and a fawn-colored English Lop (English Lop) among the 6 young rabbits (French lop and Dutch dwarf mixed blood) Mated and bred 5 young rabbits (French pygmy, Dutch pygmy and English pygmy mix). Among the five young rabbits, one had lop ears, two had erect ears, and the other two had semi-lobed ears. In the same year, he selected one of the five young rabbits (French, Dutch, and English) for another mating with 1 of the first batch (French and Dutch). . Then repeated mating and breeding. In the past 9 years, he successfully bred the first batch of relatively small Dutch lop rabbits in history. 1 The top goal of the Dutch Lop Breeding Association at that time was to breed lop rabbits (lop-eared rabbits under 1.5 kg) that were smaller than the Dutch lop rabbits. It took them more than ten years to use selective breeding methods to repeatedly mate the smallest Dutch lop rabbit in the rabbit group, and finally successfully cultivated a small Dutch lop rabbit under 1.5 kg.

1969-1970, the Little Holland Lop was introduced to England by George Scott. In just one year, George Scott has bred the world's smallest lop-eared breed and named this new breed: British Miniature Lop. At that time, the first British Miniature Lop bred by George Scott, the average weight was only 1.36 kg.

The British Rabbit Society stipulates that the maximum weight of the purebred British Miniature Lop should not exceed 1.6kg. The British Mini Lop is now one of the most popular rabbit breeds in British society.

The British Miniature Lop has not been recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association for the time being. ARBA believes that mini lops are simply Dutch lops that are smaller in size and weight. (This reason is up for debate, same example: Lion Rabbit is not recognized by ARBA).

The British Miniature Lop, often referred to as the Mini Lop in the UK. It is worth reminding here that the Mini Lop in the UK and the Mini Lop in the US are not the same breed at all. American Mini Lop/Binny Lop (Mini Lop) is known as Dwarf Lop in the UK.