At Houston Rodeo, bunny costume contestants multiply

Despite 10 minutes of coaxing and pleading, Alphonse the Flemish Giant rabbit refused to wear his dinosaur costume. He tried lunging out of 15-year-old Jacob Dotson’s arms. He thumped his back legs and shook his head when the teen tried to slip the green outfit over his body. He only began to calm down when Jacob held him like a baby. “Are you ready to be an adult now?” Jacob asked as he placed Alphonse back on a white folding table. He was not. The 15-pound bunny tried to bolt