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Alpharetta Elementary students have up-close visit with animals

By Nancy Badertscher

March 11, 2013

First graders at Alpharetta Elementary School have had an experience that most adults can’t claim. The students were able to touch a tortoise, salamanders, a frog, and even a chinchilla. They did so when Jim Nark of Party Animals Atlanta paid them a recent visit and brought along several animals he had rescued. The students were enthralled.

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