Mary Allen
He pā holoholona liʻiliʻi ka petting zoo. I loko o ia paka hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopā a hānai i kekahi o nā holoholona. He mau ʻohana me nā keiki ka nui o nā malihini kipa i kahi zoo.
Hele pinepine mai nā holoholona ma ka zoo mai ka ʻāina hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole lākou he mea ʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa a ʻaʻole pono i nā pā kūikawā e hana i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā laʻana he kao, puaʻa, a me nā lio. He mau holoholona mālie kēia, ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻeha i kekahi.
Holo wale kekahi mau holoholona a hele mai i ka poʻe malihini ma muli o ka ʻike. Mālama ʻia nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i loko o nā hīnaʻi, e like me nā manu a me nā mea kolo. ʻO kēia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka ʻano o ka zoo petting.
No ke aha he mau holoholona holoholona?
I ka wā ma mua, noho ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ma ka ʻāina, ma kahi mahiʻai. Ua loli kēlā i ka ulu ʻana o nā kūlanakauhale. Ua hopohopo kekahi poʻe o pau nā keiki i ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā holoholona. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻokumu ʻia ai nā petting zoos mai ka makahiki 1950.
Nui nā zoo pipi e makemake i nā malihini e aʻo i kekahi mea. No laila, hōʻike lākou i ke ʻano o ka hānai ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana o kekahi mau holoholona. Makemake pinepine lākou e kono i nā hui mai nā kula kindergarten a me nā kula.