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Show Me Exotics Petting Zoo in Holts Summit offers private animal encounters along with animal education. Agnes Deckard, owner of the zoo, has raised exotic animals with her family for the past few ...

An exotic petting zoo in Seminole told News 9 on Friday that it released all of its animals amid a thick, smoky fire earlier in the day. Nomad’s Animal Encounter said it had a huge outpouring of ...

A family-owned Marana petting zoo specializing in exotic animals is rebuilding structures and frantically searching for animals following an intense storm that hit this last weekend. "It's a disaster, ...

In late December, Congress passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act. The law bans the controversial practice of "cub-petting," or letting members of the public touch and hold cubs of tigers, lions, ...

Welcome to the Petting Zoo. This is the world’s only comedy show featuring live exotic animals. New York’s top comics have to perform while holding snakes, birds, lizards, bugs, and other cool ...