Elementary school students experience little safari — PHOTOS

By KEVIN CANNON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

9 years ago

Students react as zookeeper Jessica Hogan allows a ring-tailed lemur checks her cavity at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Pre-kindergarten students, from left, Cinthya Fierro, Kirssa Gomez and Izzac Rubio react as they watch zookeeper Jessica Hogan hold a ball python snake at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Zookeeper Jessica Hogan carries a South American raccoon at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Students including, Arel Perez, 5, right, and Elena Warner, 5, react as they watch zookeeper Elissa Ralston hold a Laughing Kookaburra at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Five-year-old Elena Warner reacts as she pats an armadillo at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Students and parents watch as zookeeper Jessica Hogan holds up an armadillo at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Zookeeper Jessica Hogan holds a ring-tailed lemur as school aid Jim Stanton takes a picture at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonaldճ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Oran K. Gragson Elementary School got a visit from several exotic animals Friday from Roos N More.

A privately owned non-profit zoo, Roos N More offers unique “Ed-Zoo-Cational” hands-on experiences. Handling over 160 animals, the zoo is operated by veternarians Dr. Valerie and Jay Holt and their family.

The visit was funded through the McDonald’s Make Activities Count Grants.