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Transcript: Zoo Accepts Exotic Pets On 'Amnesty Day'
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- July 26, 2009
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GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
07-26-2009
Zoo Accepts Exotic Pets On 'Amnesty Day'
Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM
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GUY RAZ, host:
Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.
You may remember back in February when a Connecticut woman was mauled by her pet chimpanzee. Since then, the state's been cracking down on ownership of exotic animals.
Some of them are illegal to keep in the home, and state residents could be fined for keeping them. So yesterday, Connecticut officials teamed up with a zoo to host its first ever exotic pet amnesty day.
Craig LeMoult from member station WSHU in Connecticut was there to witness some tearful farewells.
CRAIG ...