Early 1951: It was claimed that a woman in Canada had a siamese cat which had mated with her pet rabbit, producing hybrid offspring.
This story was further fuelled by an American reporter who produced a photograph to support an article he was writing.
Early 1970s: A cabbit was displayed on the American television show "That's Incredible". This television series was shown in countries as far afield as New Zealand.
1977: A wandering cat was identified as a cabbit and displayed as same.
1977: That same year, an Indiana resident claimed she was the owner of a cat/rabbit hybrid.
2001: A well-known news organisation aired a story about cabbits and future plans to breed them for the pet market. It was backed up by film of a cabbit showing what seemed to be a cat front and rabbit hindquarters.
Throughout the years there have been other cabbit reports, too.