Mit staatlicher Unterstützung kaufte er 10 Kaninchen und ermöglichte die Eröffnung von 78 separaten Kaninchenzuchtzentren.

In the district of İmamoğlu in Adana, an entrepreneur who quit teaching and started with 10 rabbits with state support managed to open a rabbit production center for 78 people within 5 years. Kasım Mesutoğlu (40), whose main profession is teaching and who started rabbit breeding as a hobby 5 years ago with 10 rabbits in İmamoğlu district, where he used to work as a Science teacher at a private school, quit teaching and invested in rabbits with state support. Mesutoğlu, who started with a capital of 3,500 TL and 10 rabbits 5 years ago, turned his hobby of loving rabbits into an economic activity, increasing the 10 rabbits to 4,000 rabbits within 5 years. Alp Kasım Mesutoğlu stated, ‘I started with 10 rabbits. Now we have 4,000 breeding rabbits. As our farm couldn’t accommodate more rabbits, we showed this business to many other people, provided them with purchase guarantees, and got other producers into this sector. Currently, 78 producers have established rabbit production farms and sell to us. Rabbit husbandry is a highly profitable livestock farming with the least consumption and the highest weight gain per kilogram among terrestrial animals in the world. Weight is crucial in rabbits. Especially the tourists coming to our country show great interest in rabbit meat in hotels. There is a high demand for sales in à la carte restaurants in tourism areas.’ Mesutoğlu, explaining that with the start of production by 78 people, thousands of others were also employed, stated that they contributed to both production and employment. Şuayip Özbulut, who switched from the pastry sector to rabbit production 8 months ago, said, ‘I am making more profit than in the pastry sector. With rabbits, we both relieve stress and make money. I had an expense of around 700,000 TL, and I covered my initial investment in 9 months.’ Emrah Dağlı, who started rabbit production with 100 female and 33 male rabbits, said, ‘I started with 133 rabbits. We got our first offspring in 4 months. It was said that there would be very few deaths, and there were almost none. Since it was guaranteed purchase, I also started production. Fattening is actually similar to cattle and sheep, but this is a more profitable business compared to them according to my experience.’