How Much Does a Rabbit Cost

What determines the price of a rabbit—its fur quality, the size of its pelt, or the weight of the meat? If you had asked this question in England fifty years ago, people would have looked at you in disbelief: “What, are you from another planet?” The length of the ears! It may seem strange to us now, but that’s how British rabbits were valued back in the day. In 1879, a record-breaking rabbit made headlines with ears measuring 21 inches long. By 1885, rabbits with 24-inch ears stole the spotlight, but in 1919, they were outdone by rabbits boasting ears that reached an astonishing 28 inches. In the English measurement system, 12 inches equal 1 foot, and a foot is 0.30479 meters. Just imagine these “beauties” with ears nearly a foot long!