petting zoo
Americannoun
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For Ostrovsky, the man who had left his wife and two daughters to get food, everything seemed to be fine when they arrived a little after 5.30 p.m. and saw bubbles and a petting zoo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
The opening of Galaxy’s Edge was monumental — not just replacing a petting zoo and barbecue restaurant, but reshaping Disneyland’s Rivers of America and taking over a whopping 14 acres.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
Their owner was transporting them from Lewis County to Montana, where she runs a 7-acre petting zoo.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 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
I thought it might be time for them to retire to the petting zoo.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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