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If you tolerate annoying or nasty people better than animals
you may suffer from zoophobia. Unfortunately for you, Montana
has a veritable "Noah's Ark" of fauna, ranging from dwarf
shrews to 1,500-pound grizzly bears. Even indoors you
may well encounter pocket mice, bats, or a nervy lion
which has found its way to your porch for a bit of R&R.
Our cure here is to visit Animals of Montana outside
Bozeman, accessible only by appointment, and only at
certain times of the year. Here you will enjoy a (some-
what) safe experience, enduring close encounters with
uncaged critters bred primarily for movies and tv
commercials. A free-ranging grizzly bear, wolves, bob-
cat, mountain lion, and even an oddly non-native tiger are
yours for observation (please, no petting!). If this doesn't
cure you, we recommend a trip to Botswana.
ZOOPHOBIA:
FEAR
OF
ANIMALS
