Tiger Paw is located just outside of Arthur on a farm off Highway 9 but it came to Caressant Care seniors home recently.
Tim Height is the owner and Hans Eschlboeck works with him and organized the event with Caressant Care. He also stayed for the entire animal show.
Caressant Care officials made the connection through Eschlboeck’s son, Howie, who volunteers at the home for his 40 hours of community service for his high school credits. Eschlboeck and Height agreed it should be run as a com-munity event for the seniors and decided to run the entire show free of charge.
That included set up, on-site animal information from Eschlboeck and all the clean up.
The residents took in mul-tiple loops around the stroll garden to view the animals many times. Animals included white hens, rabbits, pot belly pigs, goats, llama’s, miniature cows, donkeys and on the more exotic side, an alligator, two snakes and a wallaby.
At one point the wallaby was allowed to go loose and visit everyone. Eschlboeck said it is very safe and friendly.
Many family members and grandchildren took part in the event. The kids enjoyed a clown and free helium balloons as well as pop, ice-cream bars and popsicles.
The residents loved the day and commented how they never thought they would see something like this in their backyard.
Many residents proved to be daredevils and wore the snake around their necks and wrists.
