Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature by Susan E. Davis, Margo Demello Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature
Book Review: Stories Rabbits Tell
Summary: 5 Stars
In short, I would just like to say that it is about time that someone has put to the pages the truth about how these defenseless and innocent lives are being abused and tortured. It blows my mind how cruel and devilish human beings can be for their own self proffit. To all the animal lovers out there, this is an educational experience to understanding your bunnies and learning a little more about how they communicate with us.Book Review: Stories rabbits tell?
Summary: 1 Stars
As a rabbit lover, someone who has worked with rabbits every day for the last 24 years of my life, I am disheartened by the author's unsupported ascertations about rabbit behavior and the commercial industry portrayed in this book. To believe that we can relate animal behaviors directly to human behaviors seems to stretch the fabric of reality. Rabbits bite and scratch the rabbit breeders because the rabbit knows its fate is a short miserable life? Do we really know that rabbits would be happier confined to a house where their natural behaviors cannot be expressed? The portrayal of the rabbit industry in the United States is less than accurate. The authors gleaned information about the industry by lurking on internet listservers and chat groups and by misleading the individuals they interviewed (I was one of them so I know first hand). They also use a very limited number of sources to generalize the entire industry. A number of their facts are wrong. What is a "kill" tank? I believe they meant chill tank and the rabbits would have to have been eviscerated before going into the tank. Also, in the wild, rabbits will naturally wean their young at 4 weeks due to the fact they have already mated and have another litter on the way. Why is it unnatural to do so then in a farming operation? I have raised rabbits for over 24 years and have yet to find caging rabbits leads to spine deformation. The misinformation goes on and on.
While the historical information about the domestic rabbit is interesting, I cannot recommend this book as a source of information on rabbits. It is an emotional attack on the commercial rabbit industry based on unsupported ascertations on the authors' part. The way the authors obtained the information was less than honest and many of the sources they cite are not a good representation of the individuals in the rabbit industry.
Book Review: A Good Animal Rights Read - Loses on fairness to all aspects
Summary: 1 Stars
This may be a good read for those interested solely in the rabbit as a house pet, however the section on commercial breeding is factually inaccurate and loaded with the authors' bias. As someone that has given much of my free time over the past 15 years to the study of rabbits I found the book to strongly tell only half of the story and misrepresented the other half. Facts are facts and opinion is opinion and both have value to readers. However, this book presents itself as a factual history of the rabbit when in actuality the author blends facts with the her own cultural opinion. Seemingly, this book could have been written by/for animal rights activists inasmuch as it didn't let facts stand in the way of promoting the animal rights agenda while giving shoddy treatment to this animal's wonderful contributions to world agriculture both currently and historically.
As a long time collector of rabbit literature, with over one hundred books written since the early 1900's, I can only give this book one star. Had it stayed on topic and not strayed into the political arena I believe it would have been better received.
Book Review: Lots and LOTS of discrepancies!
Summary: 1 Stars
Thought I had bought a good reference book, but am totally dismayed with the discrepancies and downright misinformation on the rabbit industries. Passing off an unrelated personal web site and public chats as the PRMA web site and chats is inexcusable and irresponsible reporting and that's just for starters. Way too much misinformation contained in this book to be able to give more than a one star rating. Does not give a true picture of the rabbit industries. Quoting from old 1920's books is a poor excuse for describing the industries of today. For shame! I definitely will not be recommending this book.Book Review: Great Bunny Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had pet rabbits for the past 16 years and was so pleased to find a book that provides so much information about these beloved creatures. My rabbits are receiving even better care than they did before I read the book. There is unpleasant but critical information for people to know about rabbits as an industry.