I take my four year old daughter here about once a month to visit the animals. We get told not to touch the animals every time. We aren't even "allowed" to pet the animals that are in open wire cages?
We were there today admiring a 3 month old Chihuahua through the bars of her cage. An Animal Friends employee, came to get the puppy from her cage to show to a group of about 40 teenagers on a field trip. We asked to pet the puppy as she was bringing her out to let 40 other ppl pet her, but she told us "unfortunately, no". That makes no sense to me! It's a homeless dog, who needs human love, but apparently never from us?!
Needless to say, I will continue to pet the animals through their cages while being told not to, but I will never adopt from these over reacting crazy workers.