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| About the Mini Lop: |
The Mini Lop (German Lop) rabbit is a very popular breed that is featured in numerous rabbit shows throughout USA. The main characteristics of this type of rabbit are a robust body, blocky head, floppy ears, and long thick hair.
Bob Herschbach discovered the Mini lop breed at a German National Rabbit Show in Essen, Germany in 1972. These first Mini Lops were originated from the German Big Lop and the small Chinchilla. These two breeds came originally in Agouti and White colors.
German lops were about 8 pounds, slender and large with cute headshape and ears. Mr. Herschbach, a mini lop promoter, achieved the first procreation of Mini Lops in the United States through breeding mainly an agouti lop pair and a white female lop in 1972. Their first baby lops were solid colors. A second generation came with broken colors. As a result of the breeding process, they began to obtain a high standard of qualities mini lop.
The year was 1974 when Herschbach's Mini Lop rabbits made their debut in an US ARBA convention held in Ventura, California. The outcome was that the breed needed to be downsized to a more compact attractive size. In order to achieve this, Herschbach enlisted the assistance of other breeders by letting them breed more of his Mini Lops. One final touch resulted in changing the breed name from Klein Widders to "Mini Lop" to make it more appealing to the public.
In 1977 the Mini Lop breed was under new sponsorship; Herb Dyke was the person in charge of this task.
In 1978, Herschbach and Dyke created a correspondence club for the Mini Lops. Within a year, they had over 500 members who had contacted the ARBA with support for the Mini Lop rabbit.
At last, this beautiful breed marked its success when it was recognized as an official rabbit breed sanctioned by ARBA in Milwaukee, WI at the National Rabbit Convention in 1980. Shortly after, The Mini Lop Club of America was founded to promote it.
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| Photo Provided By: The Rabbit & Cavy Directory |
| Official Website: Minilop Rabbit Club of America |
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