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I want to pet a panda just once

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zoos have pandas (Washington DC zoo and Zoo Atlanta). Pandas are my favorite animal. Obviously they normally don’t let visitors close up to animals but it’s my dream to pet a panda just once. How do I convince them to let me pet my favorite animal? I wanna feel their fur. For safety issues, I’d prefer the panda to be in a cage.

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“This is a wild animal:" Woman awakes to serval, native to Africa, in her Atlanta bedroom

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