At Oakland Zoo

They let you touch, feel, scrub and brush animals - goats and cows.
This goat at the zoo is a big hit among children, who queue up to pat him.

The zoo management has thoughtfully provided visitors with brush to scrub the animal,with a message asking you to be gentle.Not many visitors to the enclosure are old enough to read the writing. Presumably, the message is meant for adults escorting the children.


Here is another message that says chimps are sensitive to noise. I suppose this chimp is licensed to make noise,rolling a trash can around, utterly unmindful of the visitors who might be sensitive to noise.

The Oakland Zoo is nothing, if it isn't child-friendly



Besides these play-spots that punctuate various animal enclosures within the zoo there is a an amusement park with merry-go-rounds adjacent to the zoo ...




...and a train ride that takes you around the zoo.