“It was very unfortunate timing with both COVID and the rabbit virus,” lamented Lexie Miller. “School shut down and then the shows stopped.”
The 20-year-old Wellington, Colo., college student wasn’t, however, commenting primarily about her pandemic woes. Rather, it was a different virus detected in Colorado at approximately the same time early 2020 that brought her ventures to a halt. But this one was killing rabbits, not humans.
Miller has had her own show rabbits and breeding business since 2012, when she was just 12. The passion began with her strong desire to exhibit cows in 4-H. Her dad, Bryant Miller, felt she was too young for that big of a responsibility but okayed her involvement with smaller, entry-level animals.