Entries in the 103rd annual Hymers Fall Fair rabbit competition this year multiplied like... well, rabbits.
Where there were only three entries in the agricultural fair's 2014 competition, this year had over 20 entries.
Hymers fair board member Lawrence Prystanski said that sort of flux in competition is common to all categories of animals, vegetables and art as patrons see opportunities to pit their skills against the odds.
"A lot of the categories may not fill up every year but you see a different variety every year. Some people think,' they didn't put that many in last year so I'm going to compete next year,' so it actually brings people to come next year," Prystanski said.
"So they think they're coming in for an easier competition then they find out, 'hey, this is getting more popular.' And everybody likes to win."
Six-month-old Lampy the sheep was the only contestant in the ewe under-one-year-old category but even having made it this far made her worthy of an award.
When Lampy was two days old, her young owner Skye Dusolt found her face-down and nearly unconscious from hypothermia.
"I picked it up out of a puddle. It couldn't even hold its head up anymore, it was just completely gone," Dusolt said.
"I brought it inside, we have a wood stove tin the basement. Me and my mom rubbed it for hours. Eventually, we got it to wake up a little bit more and fed it some milk. We continued to feed it milk until we could put it back outside. It took half a month to put it back outside."
Hymers Fall Fair continues throughout the day on Monday.
