My Dad is the Rabbit Man!
I remember when he first got his judges license and how excited he was. Now he's in the paper :) I'm going to have to call him later this afternoon and congratulate him! He looks so serious in the photo! My sister sent me the article today in an email and we both laughed about how serious he looked. Normally my dad is a huge joker!
Rabbits help kick off Star Round-up
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Across breed rabbit wait to be judged by STAR judge, Juan Ybarra, along with others during the rabbit showing at STAR, South Texas Agriculture Roundup, Wednesday afternoon at the Edinburg Municipal Park. (By Joel Martinez)
EDINBURG — Kayla Duran’s 8-year-old arms weren’t quite long enough to hold down three bunnies at once.
It seemed one of them — either Cookie, Spotty or Gumdrop — was always popping up.
But, standing on a black milk crate, Kayla kept her cool. She whispered to her black and white spotted “Broken Cross” rabbits to hold still as judge Juan Ybarra approached her on the competition line at the fourth annual South Texas Agriculture Round Up’s rabbit show.
“They just get a little worried,” she said.
Wednesday afternoon’s event was a light, not to mention quiet and relatively clean, kickoff to the four-day livestock show and auction at the Edinburg Municipal Park. The poultry show was slated for Wednesday evening and steers and goats are set to be shown throughout the day today.
Kayla, a third-grader at Clover Elementary in San Juan, entered the rabbit show for the first time this year after watching her sister Karina, 11, participate in the event through the PSJA Junior FFA.
She walked away from the event with fifth place. Karina’s black rabbits took second place.
“I love working with animals,” Karina said, adding that she wants to be a veterinarian and breed rabbits when she grows up. “So, I decided I should try this out this year.”
Ybarra, a Brownsville resident and member of American Rabbit Breeders Association, has judged rabbit shows for 10 years and is stone-faced when it comes to the business of quality rabbit breeding.
