Now that the Olympics are over, I thought some of my loyal readers would be interested in competitive events to be held in the near future:
6 September: London Championship Show, Rivermead Leisure Centre
20 September: Annual Cup Show, St Christophers Church Hall
12 October: Peterborough Agricultural Show
25 October: Swindon Mouse Club, Hermitage Village Hall
1 November: Greater Manchester Mouse Club, Methodist Church
22 November: Yorkshire Mouse Club
21 December: Stafford Poultry Show
These events are under sponsorship of the
National Mouse Club. Although the phenomenon peaked in the Victorian era, fancy mice are alive and squeaking.
As I have posted previously, fancy mice--mice bred for mouse beauty pageants--were instrumental in the
introduction of mice into biomedical research. In fact, mice of the common breed
C57BL/6 are direct descendants of fancy mouse number 57.
I'd love to attend the December 21 show, if only to see why the National Mouse Club would sponsor a poultry show.
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