Debbie Dolittle's Petting Zoo 120 138th Street South, Tacoma, WA 98444

"I've been curious about visiting the petting zoo for quite some time and we finally decided to explore what it was all about. Finding it was easy via Google Maps but then it wasn't clear exactly where it was. I guess I wasn't expecting a run down looking strip mall to be our destination. Especially when it said to enter in via the arcade. Arcade? What kind of petting zoo is in an arcade. That being said it was an interesting combination to have an arcade with a petting zoo. I can see the appeal of doing a kid birthday party there, unfortunately there were a lot of games out of order even with a large selection. The cost at the time of visit was $13 ages 2+. For an additional $8 you got a bucket of veggies for feeding. I suggest the food bucket, I wouldn't have wanted to pay $13 for just being able to pet a handful of animals. The petting zoo wasn't what I was expecting. It seemed a small area for so many different animals and each penned animal didn't have a lot of space. My hope is they don't always stay there and get rotated to a farm. The staff were very knowledgeable however and explained in great detail the rules to follow. I was happy we got to pet the ferret and snake and our personal favorite was a porcupine named Bowser. The capybara are adorable and their side eyes just seemed to judge everyone. All in all they had a good mix of animals although we couldn't pet some of the ones I would have liked to. It was a one time excursion for me personally, I like the space of actual zoos better it turns out. But that is just my personal opinion."

"I visited this place today and it broke my heart. The enclosures were way too small for all of the animals. The penguin looked sickly and lethargic, and his enclosure was pathetic. There was a baby kangaroo pacing around that acted like it wanted to be picked up/hide; it was so loud and busy for such a young animal. There was an armadillo running around frantically trying to hide with nowhere to go. The emus were in a tiny chainlink enclosure (4’ x 4’x6’ or so triangle) outside with no shelter, food, water, or dry place to lay down. I could go on and on. This place needs to be shutdown…this is not a rescue that is rehabbing animals and trying to do good. These beautiful animals are suffering for human entertainment/$$$."

"I enjoyed the couple of hours here with the grandkids. We were able to pet the animals and could feed them. We had different ones present some of the animals or reptiles etc...was interesting and very informative. There were a couple of baby bison there, too@ A must experience for children and teens..also grammars. Thanks, everyone there for this awesome experience!"