It’s fair season, and a new crop of parents is taking excited youngsters to county and state fairs across the country so they can see the farm animals. Not only see them, but pet them
Continue Reading Steer clear of fair foibles — pun intended; pigs problematic, too
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From fairs to nativity scenes, animal attractions harbor danger
By Cookson Beecher on
Watch children when they enter a petting zoo. Just about always, their faces light up with joy at seeing the animals as their hands reach out to touch them.
Ask parents why they take children…
Continue Reading From fairs to nativity scenes, animal attractions harbor danger
Panel Recommends Petting Zoo Safety Measures for NC Fair
By News Desk on
In the wake of an E. coli outbreak linked to a petting zoo at a North Carolina county fair that sickened over 100 people last fall, experts have issued a set of recommendations to improve…
Continue Reading Panel Recommends Petting Zoo Safety Measures for NC Fair