This is information straight off the ARBA's website Jan. 2008

LIONHEAD UPDATE..........

Dear ARBA Members:
There has been a great deal of confusion regarding the status of the Lionhead breed as a result of the failing
of the Tortoise Lionhead presentation at the 84th ARBA Convention in Grand Rapids, MI.
Below is an excerpt from the Standards Committee Report submitted by Chairman Mike Avesing.
The committee report will appear in its entirety when published in the November-December issue
of the Domestic Rabbits Magazine.
Please read this information carefully.
Should you have questions regarding this issue, please contact the ARBA office for assistance.

With regards,
Brad Boyce
ARBA Executive Director

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(In regard to the Lionhead presentation) - "This was the second failure at a second showing. Presentation rights now
pass to Gail Gibbons of MN. Her breed COD is issued for Chestnut Agoutis, Sable Points, Torts, REWs,
and Siamese Sables. Gail will be eligible to present at the convention in Kentucky next year. Gail recently revised
her standard to match Arden Wetzel's. Thus, the standard she will be presenting under will be the same as the
current working standard for Lionheads with the obvious exception of the additional varieties. Arden's working
standard will expire with the publication of this (Nov/Dec 2007) issue of Domestic Rabbits, so we are again back
to the position of possibly having several differing standards avalable for exhibitors to use when exhibiting
Lionheads at shows. Although it is certainly not mandatory, common sense would dictate that all exhibitors use
Gail's standard as it currently has the best chance of acceptance. There are slight differences between the
Wetzel/Gibbons standard and the Mueller and Guth standards. Since Gail now has presentation rights, it makes
sense to breed to her standard. It also makes no sense to me to present a judge at a show with a couple
of different Lionhead standards, requiring some of the entry to be judged under one standard and some
under another. An additional ramification of the Lionhead working standard expiring is that shows are no longer
required to accept entries of Tort Lionheads since they are no longer under a working standard. Lionheads can still
be shown but shows are under no obligation to accept Lionhead entries."

Mike Avesing
ARBA Standards Committee Chair