Brits & Hares

CIMMARON®
Our Britannia Petites
&
Belgian Hares

We breed our Brits and Hares for our own pleasure!

We just love looking at them. They are simply beautiful
and elegant, like they steped out of a master artist's
imagination.

They are not for everyone and if we have stock for sale
we are very selective in where they are placed.

Currently our Brits seem to be mostly
Ruby Eyed White,
even when we use colored parent stock,
but we are working on increasing our
Black Otters and Sable Martens.

We reserve the right to refuse to place our animals,
if in our opinion the placement is not to the
best advantage of the rabbit or the breed.

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A touch of magic

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Gail & Abby Gibbons
Sara Berks
3276 Walnut St
Reading, KS 66868
785 528-4414

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Cimmaron
Gail Gibbons & Sara Berks

A touch of magic . . . . . .
The symbol of three hares chasing one another in an everlasting circle has appeared
for over a thousand years of human history. In times before ours the hare had a reputation
as a magical creature but why this exact rendition of three hares - ears touching to
form a triangle space in the center is found world wide no one knows?

We do know that this motif of the three entwined hares is found in MANY different cultures.
The earliest known examples are found in Buddhist cave temples in China, dating from
600 CE. The three dancing hares have also been found on Islamic metalwork, in 13th century
Mongol works, and on Iranian copper coins dated to 1281. It has been used to illustrate
Christian manuscripts and to decorate the the roof bosses (carved wooden fixtures) in the
ceilings in almost 30 medieval churches in England. They have also been found on the
ceilings in a Jewish synagogue as well as other churches throughout France and Germany.

This symbol always features three hares chasing each other in a circle. Each of the ears is shared by two animals so that only three ears are shown, yet to the human eye each animal has two ears.

The hare or rabbit has a number of magical associations. They were believed to have mystical links to the feminine because
of their fertility. Their elusive behavior and nighttime appearances often seemed governed by the moon reinforcing their reputation as a magical creature.

and a touch of mystery . . . . . . However, the precise origin and significance of these dancing hares is uncertain,
as are the reasons it has appeared for hundreds of years in diverse locations around the world?