News: Rabbit-Hopping Competitions Sweeping The Nation
From National Geographic:
Competitive Rabbit-Hopping Jumps in Popularity
By John Roach
Rabbits are natural-born hoppers, but the lifetime of domesticated rabbits in the United States is nothing to jump up and down about: many spend 90 percent of it locked up in a cage.
Linda Hoover hopes to change that.
“I see a lot of waste and non-compassion for the species, and I would like to turn that around to a better way of thinking about rabbits in general,” said the resident of a small town near Eugene, Oregon.
Hoover is president of the Rabbit Hopping Organization of America. Rabbit hopping, or rabbit jumping, is a novel sport in which rabbits hop over barriers on a course that resembles that of a horse show event scaled down for bunnies.
The activity, said Hoover, is a healthy way for rabbits to interact with their owners beyond the confines of the cage.
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Linda J. Hoover — On 8-18-2006 at 7:51 am
Hello interested rabbit hoppers.
Here in the U.S. I have started the hopping again and will be demonstrating throughout Oregon.
Next season we will have small demos for hopping in Malls at rabbit shows and 4-H events so that rabbit owners can learn the hobby/sport of Rabbit Hopping.
There will be a new web site and information area where you will be able to make contact and find out more about hopping by the end of 2006.
Look for this announcement pusblished here, on other Blogs, rabbit web pages and information areas on the web such as a yahoo group about rabbit hopping to be opened soon. You can always google.com search and find us.
Thanks for helping all of us become ‘Hoppers.”
R.H.O.A
Linda — On 10-13-2006 at 8:19 pm
Rabbit Hoppin web site now on board. When going to the site click on link for Rabbit Hopping Organization of America.
Write if you have questions.