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Santa's Closet Holds Treasures for the Party-Goer

From Susann Elsass

Petting Zoo...
Shane was still a high school student when he turned an interest in raising exotic birds into his first business venture. He was selling the birds to pet stores and gained a reputation as a local expert.

That opened the door for Shane to meet a woman who was raising lions. He visited her home and was absolutely smitten with the cats. The only thing he requested for his high school graduation was a lion cub.

That lion cub was just the tip of the iceberg. Before long Shane had the family farm populated with his exotic birds, more lions, tigers, monkeys, bears, and llamas just to name a few.

Soon, his animals were being featured in movies and he was operating a petting zoo. He finally decided to close the petting zoo because it was difficult to get the public to respect the animals properly. He still raises exotic animals and on the day I visited he had just made arrangements to take delivery on a camel in the near future.

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