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Publisher’s Platform: Seriously, time to ban petting zoos?

By Bill Marler on July 2, 2019
Opinion

This past weekend I woke up to the sad news of yet other injuries and a death linked to animal contact at a fair.

San Diego County health officials announced late Friday night that a 2-year-old child has died and three other children between 2 and 13 years old…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Seriously, time to ban petting zoos?

From fairs to nativity scenes, animal attractions harbor danger

By Cookson Beecher on December 5, 2016

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 to petting zoos or farm animal exhibits at fairs and most will tell you that…
Continue Reading From fairs to nativity scenes, animal attractions harbor danger

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