Mina Alali, 26
Pulling up outside our local pumpkin patch in October last year, I turned to my boyfriend Alex with a huge smile on my face.
I’d spotted something that made me very happy.
‘They have a petting zoo here,’ I grinned, excitedly.
‘Right up your street,’ Alex, 26, laughed in reply.
My whole life, I’d had a real passion for animals.
And at our home in Sacramento, California, Alex and I already had our pet pig Merlin, lizard Muffy and three rats.
Call me Dr. Dolittle, I never turned down the opportunity to snuggle with some cute critters.
And I couldn’t wait to see the petting zoo.
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