Yesterday I met a man outside of my apartment who walks his cat on a leash. Today I found him again, and shot pictures of him for the newspaper.

Today’s feature hunt led to meeting Tom Clayton, who owns a bunny farm.

Clayton, who lives in McLean County, works part time as a security officer and owns “Rabbit City,” a barn that is home to nearly 300 rabbits of various shapes, colors, breeds and sizes. The bunnies raised at the farm are sold to processing farms and zoos, where they are slaughtered. Clayton said he owns approximately 80 does, which are bred when they are six months old. The does have up to 15 babies in about 30 days, and then are bred again in two weeks. Clayton said he sells his rabbits when they are about eight weeks old, and they typically weigh between five and six pounds. He said he can sell the rabbits for about $1.45 a pound.

“I never really did care if I made anything off the rabbits because really, it’s more of a hobby,” he said.

I feel a little guilty about not having been able to post any pictures while I was away at workshop, but what could I do? I had no internet access! Anyway, I’ll be picking up those pictures from Jim tomorrow, so here are my photos from today’s Kernel: