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Ptah

(33,032 posts) Sun Jul 30, 2023, 08:35 PM Jul 2023

Marana petting zoo still looking for kangaroo, other animals after storm

Ghost Ranch Exotics, a private petting zoo in Marana, is looking for a set of marsupials and two African crested porcupines after high winds tore through in Friday evening's storm, leaving a trail of destruction.

"Currently, we're missing our only kangaroo, a capybara, and two African crested porcupines," said co-owner Geordi Davisson.

"We can't imagine they've gone too far, but in this heat, they're hunkered down in shady spots, looking for water and hiding from the sun," Davisson said. "It's hard to look for animals that are the color of the desert."

The owners ask that anyone who comes upon one of the missing animals call animal control and contact Ghost Ranch Exotics at 520-276-4469.

https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/petting-zoo-destruction/article_5ca1567a-2f21-11ee-97f6-b3bc2804d05c.html

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Marana petting zoo still looking for kangaroo, other animals after storm (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2023 OP

I am against these petting zoos. PlutosHeart Jul 2023 #1

When I lived in Tucson, we had an escaped emu running around the 'hood three times Attilatheblond Jul 2023 #2

I remember that. ChazInAz Jul 2023 #4

holy shit Kali Jul 2023 #3

And you don't even get to "hunt" them. That probably cost much more. Wonder Why Jul 2023 #5

You could do that at your place the next time there's a back-up on I-10! Ptah Jul 2023 #6

! Kali Aug 2023 #7

PlutosHeart

(1,281 posts)

1. I am against these petting zoos.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2023, 08:40 PM

Jul 2023

More times than not they have poor and inadequate conditions all for profit at the expense of the living creatures.

Hope they survived and then will be taken away.

Attilatheblond

(2,190 posts)

2. When I lived in Tucson, we had an escaped emu running around the 'hood three times

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2023, 09:02 PM

Jul 2023

Not outer edge of town, but the Country Club and Ft Lowell area. Pretty weird.

And in the northwest part of town (back in the 90s, I know the city had sprawled since then) joggers along the river bed reported a kangaroo more than once.

Little zoos seem to be a hazard to people and the critters.