Grant will bring animals to classrooms

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 11:02 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 17, 2008

What will $15,000 for the Animal Excursions “Critters Program” pay for? Tree frogs, hissing cockroaches, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, iguanas, anoles (a type of lizard), box turtles, millipedes, toads and fish — all in a classroom near you.

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