Alpharetta Elementary students have up-close visit with animals

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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