Dreher bought the animals with his own money for what was first Dreher Park Farm Zoo and later Dreher Park Zoo. Joey the Kangaroo, acquired in 1964, was among the first exotic animals.

In 2001, 16 children who had visited a petting zoo at Merrymead Farm in Worcester, Pa., developed E. coli and another 45 people were suspected to have become ill from the bacteria. Such outbreaks ...

There will be a farmyard area where children and adults can pet and brush animals, such as the zoo's goat herd. There also will be a pavilion where visitors can touch and feed stingrays and bamboo ...