Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits: Breeds, Care, Facilities (ISBN 1580172601)

All you need to know:
This guide contains just about everything you need to know about raising meat rabbits. Although geared toward mass production, there is also some good advice for pet owners.

BEWARE: not for pet rabbit owners, for rabbit exploiters!:
This is a book designed for rabbit exploitation- meat and commercial breeding, etc. If you want to keep a healthy AND happy pet rabbit who will become part of the family, this book is not for you. Instead refer to Marnell Harrison's book or Kathy Smith's books on rabbit care and vitality. These books lean toward a stance that rabbits are creatures that should be treated like dogs or cats, and NOT like livestock, which they SHOULD!

A Rabbit Book for Breeders and Producers:
Storey's Guides are primarily written for producers and breeders of livestock, not for "pets" (although most deal with livestock animals as pets), and most Storey's guides give a certain amount of slaughtering information as well as recipes. Don't even pick this book up if you are offended by the concept of eating rabbits- this isn't the book for you. For people who want to raise, breed and eat rabbits, however, it meets a need. I've always found the Storey's Guides to be pretty good informationally speaking and the authors usually have extensive experience raising the animals concerned. This book may have a few light sections, but I think it's a good starting reference, perhaps the best out there at present. It's certainly better than any other rabbit book I've seen so far.

not the best title:
I am a new rabbit keeper and was surprised that this book did not have more information on topics that interest me like wool and tanning. There are vague butchering instructions, but no illustrations to accompany them. There is too much emphasis on large-scale breeding, turning profits, and not enough practical instruction. I found much more information in Carla Emery's book, as well as other titles that focus on rabbits.

Storeys Guide To Raising Rabbits:
Excellent book, would recomend to any body who is thinking about raising rabbits. I wish there was more in there about raising them for meat.