4-H’ing with heart

Members of youth development program build close relationships with their animals

THE BOND DEVELOPED BETWEEN A CHILD AND ANIMAL IS UNDENIABLE AND UNBREAKABLE. For 4-H kids, that connection is even stronger, and it’s one that starts from the very beginning.

Amiret Busy Bee Elizabeth Buyck is all too familiar with raising livestock, and she sees herself as a mother figure to her animals.