A new monthly pop-up in San Antonio is giving animal lovers a chance to sip coffee, hang out and meet creatures usually seen from behind the glass.<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A new San Antonio event is bringing coffee, community and plenty of cute creatures together in one spot.<\/p>\n
Once in a Wild, a San Antonio-based animal education company, is launching a new monthly pop-up called Cafe & Cuddles with a big goal in mind: helping make San Antonio the most animal-literate city in the country.<\/p>\n
The kickoff event is set for Sunday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Refuge Coffee + Beer Garden on Shaenfield Road.<\/p>\n
Organizers say the event is designed to feel more like a laid-back hangout than a traditional zoo visit. Guests can grab a drink, spend time with friends and get surprisingly close to animals they would usually only see from a distance.<\/p>\n
That could include giant rabbits, tortoises, reptiles, guinea pigs and other animals, all introduced by the zoologists and zookeepers who care for them.<\/p>\n
The idea is to create a welcoming space for teachers, parents, biologists, zookeepers and anyone who proudly considers themselves an animal lover.<\/p>\n
The event is free to attend, but guests who enter the animal encounter area are asked to make a $15 donation to help support animal care. Coffee, beer, food and vendor items will also be available for purchase.<\/p>\n
Cafe & Cuddles will be held at Refuge Coffee + Beer Garden, located at 11011 Shaenfield Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new monthly pop-up in San Antonio is giving animal lovers a chance to sip coffee, hang out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-216972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}