Actually, this is really interesting, because it is a case of two totally different groups wanting something totally different from their rabbits, and therfore ignoring each other, at best.
Meat breeders like me don't expect to keep a rabbit long enough for it to die of old age related diseases, but we can forget what a resource the pet community is for disease research and treatment.
Like Jack, I ignored uterine cancer--I need the rabbits to breed, and I don't expect to have them into old age. And like Jack, I hadn't considered what that means about waning fertility of older does.
I understand Brody's irritation with the author's characterization, I don't think flinging accusations aback and forth is useful, where as the sharing of information is. We, the meat breeders, know a lot about optimum nutrition, the pet people know a lot about disease prevention and treatment. Together we would make healthier rabbits.
But then some of us would want to eat them. And the brouha-ha would begin anew...sigh.