THERE
IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ANGORA SHEEP. ALL FIBER CALLED ANGORA COMES FROM A RABBIT. THERE IS
ALSO AN ANGORA GOAT, BUT THE FIBER FROM THIS ANIMAL IS CALLED MOHAIR.
ANGORA WOOL IS HARVESTED BY A PROCESS CALLED
"PLUCKING": THIS IS THE REMOVAL OF SHEDDING FUR AND IT IS NOT PAINFUL TO THE
RABBIT. ANGORAS CAN ALSO BE SHORN, LIKE SHEEP.
THE ORIGIN OF ANGORA RABBIT IS UNKNOWN. LIKE ANGORA CATS AND
GOATS, THE RABBITS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN TURKEY. ANGORAS HAVE GONE THROUGH
CENTURIES OF SPECIALIZED BREEDING. THEY WERE DEVELOPED FOR THEIR WOOL AND FOR THEIR
TEMPERAMENT: ANGORAS MAKE EXCELLENT PETS BECAUSE OF THEIR PASSIVE, DOCILE DISPOSITIONS. %%
BECAUSE SELECTED BREEDING SHAPED THEIR TEMPERAMENT IN ADDITION TO
THEIR WOOL, ANGORAS WERE THE FIRST TRULY DOMESTICATED RABBITS. THEY DON’T EXIST IN
THE WILD, AND LACK THE INSTINCTS TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD.
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