Rabbits, Hares & Cuniculture

A portal site with modern information for raising and caring for rabbits.

The fauna of Anglo-Saxon England was plentiful and varied, and included some animals that have since been made extinct in this country. The vast areas of uninhabited forests, heaths and fells were home to many creatures, in addition to the other wild creatures that inhabited the towns and villages including the domestic animals.

Medieval rabbits. As pets and food.

In the course of a study of the medieval fur trade, I have collected references to rabbits in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and these make possible a more detailed account of the introducti on of the animal in England than has hitherto been given.