A menagerie visits the RVC library

Posted Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:30 pm

Tristen Tejada and an inquisitive box turtle checked each other out while at the petting zoo at the library.

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Jason shows the kids one of the animals from Green Meadow Farms — a groundhog. He explained how they should be touched during the petting time.

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Tasheanna Wilson had a lot of fun petting the animals at the library, including the silky chicken.

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Hailey Frain, 3 years old, cautiously peeking at tarantula crawling around in its covered pail.

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Two-year-old Ethan Newton tried to pull back the hand of his grandfather, Kevin Rodger, as he pet a box turtle at the petting zoo.

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Last week, friends of all shapes, sizes and colors came to the Rockville Centre Public Library.

Green Meadow Farms came to the library on Aug. 14 and brought its traveling petting zoo. Kids had a chance to see cute and interesting animals and pet many of them.

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