capybara cafe?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know of a capybara cafe near DC? I heard there is one in Northern Virginia, but for some reason, I can’t seem to find info about it online. Can anyone link to the website of somewhere we can go?

[Anonymous]

The one in VA is called Bar C Ranch. Here's the link:

https://www.barcranch.org/index.html

[Anonymous]

Roers Zoofari in Reston also had them:

https://www.roerszoofari.com/mammals/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roers Zoofari in Reston also had them:

https://www.roerszoofari.com/mammals/

Looks like this is now Nova Wild. They don’t let kids 5 and under hold them. Is there anywhere that will let a 4 or 5 year old hold them? If not, does anyone know of any other thing where a 4 or 5 yo can hold the animal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Roers Zoofari in Reston also had them:

https://www.roerszoofari.com/mammals/

Looks like this is now Nova Wild. They don’t let kids 5 and under hold them. Is there anywhere that will let a 4 or 5 year old hold them? If not, does anyone know of any other thing where a 4 or 5 yo can hold the animal?

This can’t be a serious post. Leave the poor animals alone!

[Anonymous]

My kids and I are animal lovers too. I don’t want to be preachy but you should be weary of any organization that allows you to touch and hold animals. There is a lot of room for exploitation and very little oversight to ensure the health and wellbeing of the animals being profited off of.

That said, there is a cat cafe in Georgetown that is run by a local shelter. All the cats are up for adoption but you don’t have to be actively looking to adopt to visit. There are also read to a dog events at many local libraries. There is an alpaca farm in Mount Airy you can visit. And a farm rescue/reserve as well.

As animal lovers we have to remember that their health and wellbeing is more important than our access to experiences with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids and I are animal lovers too. I don’t want to be preachy but you should be weary of any organization that allows you to touch and hold animals. There is a lot of room for exploitation and very little oversight to ensure the health and wellbeing of the animals being profited off of.

That said, there is a cat cafe in Georgetown that is run by a local shelter. All the cats are up for adoption but you don’t have to be actively looking to adopt to visit. There are also read to a dog events at many local libraries. There is an alpaca farm in Mount Airy you can visit. And a farm rescue/reserve as well.

As animal lovers we have to remember that their health and wellbeing is more important than our access to experiences with them.

+1
And as everyone knows who has been to a cat cafe, you only touch the cats who come up to you and want to be petted. Most will barely allow that and zero to none want to be held. Why don't people know this about animals?

[Anonymous]

Capybaras are pretty chill but the 2 places we've seen them have allowed feeding and touching but not holding. I don't know about a cafe, but we went to Workhorse Farm in Denton, and they have a bunch of other animals too. Again, mostly for feeding, not for holding.

If you're seeing videos online of people sitting in cafes with capys in their lap, they're probably in Asia.

[Anonymous]

I went to one in Hong Kong actually. It was a hit with my kids (9 & 12).

[Anonymous]

Did you know there’s a kangaroo farm in moco? https://www.workhorsefarmrescueexotics.com/about-the-farm

[Anonymous]

You have to go to florida, because exotic laws are basically 0 down there. There are dozens of them in the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids and I are animal lovers too. I don’t want to be preachy but you should be weary of any organization that allows you to touch and hold animals. There is a lot of room for exploitation and very little oversight to ensure the health and wellbeing of the animals being profited off of.

That said, there is a cat cafe in Georgetown that is run by a local shelter. All the cats are up for adoption but you don’t have to be actively looking to adopt to visit. There are also read to a dog events at many local libraries. There is an alpaca farm in Mount Airy you can visit. And a farm rescue/reserve as well.

As animal lovers we have to remember that their health and wellbeing is more important than our access to experiences with them.

You mean "wary."

[Anonymous]

That's animal exploitation, OP. Just so we're clear on this. Unless the cafe in question is actually in the adoption business, and uses the cafe as a means to socialize it's legal pets and bring in potential adopters... all this is is animal exploitation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you know there’s a kangaroo farm in moco? https://www.workhorsefarmrescueexotics.com/about-the-farm

That's not moco