This is not the direct result of one issue. We see it as a way to stay ahead as the competition increases for raising the fair's top animals. There's a lot of money and prestige at stake in winning a champion.

At the Sonoma County Fair, we pride ourselves on being out in front. We are interested in using DNA technology to address concerns anyone has about animal ownership.

Basically, I just tried to let them know we were here and we were interested in having them. I told them they had the opportunity to come to a community that would absolutely embrace them. There is a large part of the community that mourned them when they left.

Nowadays, if somebody in America is feeling alone and wants to find a coming out story, they just search 'coming out,' and they'll find millions of first-person examples of people telling their story.

I feel like everybody, whether you have one follower or a million followers, has an opportunity to either positively or negatively affect people.

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.