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Students go ape when animals visit (five photos)

Heading into the Thanksgiving Day weekend, Cambrian College provided a little pre-long-weekend fun for its students Oct. 8. The school brought in Hands on Exotics from Toronto to give the students a chance to snuggle up to some exotic animals.
Sudbury.com Staff
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Cambrian College student, Jerrica Peddie, got up close and personal with Colby the Amazon Parrot. The Students' Administrative Council, in collaboration with Hands on Exotics, hosted an animal assisted therapy program at the school on Oct. 8. Students had an opportunity to see a variety of exotic animals including a brown skunk, possum, and lionhead rabbits. Photo by Heather Green-Oliver
Heading into the Thanksgiving Day weekend, Cambrian College provided a little pre-long-weekend fun for its students Oct. 8.

The school brought in Hands on Exotics from Toronto to give the students a chance to snuggle up to some exotic animals.

Hands on Exotics is a Toronto-based animal shelter specializing in the care of exotic animals — and not your typical dog and cat variety.

According to the service's website, most of the animals it cares for started out as pets in private homes until their owners could no longer take care for them, while others had either been seized by the SPCA or other animal control services.

Hands on Exotics funds its services through outreach programs, like visiting schools, nursing homes, daycare centres and festivals.
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