petting zoo
Americannoun
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The companies also offer recommendations, like giving certain supplements or bringing babies to a petting zoo, which they said can improve children’s microbiomes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
They could also get free haircuts, facials, experience a petting zoo and shop the free donation center filled with toys, books, clothing and snacks.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
At the petting zoo, “Z” will be reunited with the zebras and be introduced to a new crowd, including miniature cows, horses, sheep, goats and ponies, Keltgen said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
Her rehoming was not without controversy - a group of animal rights activists who had been planning their own rescue claimed she could become distressed and exploited as a "spectacle" at a "petting zoo".
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2023
Even though it was Saturday morning, there weren't many people at the petting zoo.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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