Petting zoo for peace at Pierce

Animals will always be loved. As a farm school, it seems strange Pierce College doesn’t have a petting zoo for all to enjoy.

During finals week, being able to de-stress with furry friends would boost morale on campus, especially if students aren’t so confident with their test taking abilities.

This petting zoo would be open during the week for students, and to the public on the weekends. There will be a fee to enter and that money would be used for maintaining the well being of the animals. When not helping Pierce scholars, the animals would be kept on the farm.

Students and faculty would volunteer to keep an eye on zoo and should be offered course credits to their veterinary classes.

Danny’s Farm is a petting zoo located on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. It’s also equipped with a mobile petting zoo for private events and parties. With this example of an agricultural school that’s successful with one, why shouldn’t Pierce College have a petting zoo?

Interacting with animals teaches valuable lessons to anybody willing to learn about the maintenance that goes into caring for our fourlegged friends.

Pierce could partner with local animal shelters to set up pet adoptions each month. This will help the shelters, by increasing the possibility of adoption and the community by being able to see would-be pets more often.

Imagine, having a rough day and you stumble upon a petting zoo with Pierce volunteers handing out food so you can feed an almost too-friendly goat. Seeing the joy in the eyes of a goat is enough to lift even the most sunken of spirits.

Parents can take their children for pony rides. The riding would be supervised by professionals so nobody gets hurt. This will bring more people from the community back to Pierce College, to have fun and to find peace. Whether it be during the stress-fest of finals week or just passing through.