If you're the type who wants to boop every snoot you see, then a day at a petting zoo may give you all the furry hugs you need. Whether you long to pet a llama, stroke a scaly snake or feel the fur of ...

Guy Case may be just 10 years old, but his hands, blistered and worn, bear stories beyond his years. He helps Nathan and Marnie Schwanke with Barney’s Barnyard, a petting zoo that came to Saint Mary’s ...

At least four children who were hospitalized touched a pig at the petting zoo before getting sick. The petting zoo lacked hand-washing stations, offering only hand sanitizer, which does not kill E.