Gallery: The Zookeepers
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There's never a dull moment in the day for Jessica and Valmon Meade, who run Carriages Camels and Critters, a petting zoo and ranch near Hallettsville.Â
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Llamas and alpaca chow down on dinner on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Jessica Meade, left, and Marie Daniel, 11, right, feed baby emus at Carriages Camels and Critters on April 1 near Hallettsville.
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Valmon Meade, center, feeds baby goats with a visiting class from Nazareth Academy at Carriages Camels and Critters on April 21 near Hallettsville.
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Jessica Meade shows a silkie chicken to Nazareth Academy students on April 21 in the party room at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Jessica Meade feeds Sid the coatimundi on April 21 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Valmon and Jessica Meade touch base during a Nazareth Academy field trip on April 21 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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A sign directs visitors to Carriages Camels and Critters on April 21 near Hallettsville.
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Mr. Humphrey investigates a tree on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Marie Daniel, 11, looks out at her family’s pastures from the back of a Gator utility vehicle on April 1 at Carriages Camels and Critters near Hallettsville.
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Jessica and Valmon Meade feed baby goats on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Jessica Meade unloads bales of hay on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Jessica Meade stacks hay bales on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Valmon Meade displays animal feed on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters near Hallettsville.
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The Meades’ house sits in the center of the Carriages Camels and Critters ranch as the sun goes down on April 27 near Hallettsville.
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Valmon Meade finishes watering and feeding goats and cattle on April 27 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
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Goats and llamas investigate the possibility of food on April 1 at Carriages Camels and Critters.
Kit MacAvoy
I'm a staff photojournalist at the Victoria Advocate. I was raised in Virginia and went to the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.
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