Rabbit excellence: Schwedt crowns the best breeders of the Uckermark!

Rabbit excellence: Schwedt crowns the best breeders of the Uckermark!

On June 25, 2025, almost 100 breed rabbit and their breeders met for the district breeding day in Schwedt. There were 16 breeders from five clubs of the Uckermark, which showed their magnificent animals. The event is all about the exact measurement of the ears, the weighing of the animals and the assessment of physique and fur. The goal? A location determination for the breeders and the constant improvement of the breeders.

The rating of the breed rabbit was responsible for the experienced judge Fabian Pohl, who has been working in this area for five years and even breeds rabbits. The evaluation factors included the body shape, the fur hair and the general state of care of the animals, whereby breed -specific features also have an effect. "Examples of the high quality of the animals shown are a rammer of the Rhön rabbit breed, the excellent ear structure and good drawing," emphasizes Pohl.

The best breeders and their successes

A special focus was also on the breeder Rico Lorengel, who presented the best breeding group with his breeding group of the Rhönkan. "With 27 years of experience and as a reigning German champion, he is a real professional in the scene," said the organizers.

• Best breeding group: rico Lorengel (Rhönkan.)
• Best rammler: Steffi Leumann
• Best altrammer: rico Lorengel
• Best rabbit: Alexander Groß
• youthful winner: Luca Fitzner and André Michel (tie)

The 16-year-old Luca Fitzner, who won the title of European Championship with his satin dwarf rabbit red (fun fair) with his satin dwarf rabbit. His introduction to breeding was through the grandmother, and his passion shows in the daily care of the animals. The young problem in the breeding community is nevertheless noticeable: ten breeders stop while only one is added.

A look at the breed rabbit breeding

In Germany, around 160,000 breed rabbit breeders are organized in almost 5,000 clubs, which in turn are part of over 500 district associations and 20 national associations. The leading umbrella organization, the Central Association of German Rass-Raninchenbüter e.V. (ZDRK), is committed to promoting and improving breeding. Over 400 special clubs are active here to get the variety and quality of the individual rabbit breeds.

breeders have to carefully prepare their animals for exhibitions. In order for the breed rabbit to be exhibited, you must wear memorable identifiers that are tattooed in the ears, and they are only available if they are pure -bred. In addition, the breeders must observe legal provisions and animal welfare requirements, such as vaccinations for exhibition animals.

The next big event for the breeders is already at the corner: the young animal show in Passow on July 4th and 5th will attract breeders from several federal states and display around 360 animals. Breeding rabbit breeding still offers a lot of potential, not only in terms of diversity, but also with regard to the maintenance of animal genetic resources. Nordkurier reports that ...

For more information about the breeders and their offers, visit ZDRK , which is known for its numerous initiatives for breed rabbit breeding.
also the bdrg has interesting insights into the world of breed rabbit.