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The Little Eugenie Zoo is located in Old Town at Eugenie and Wells St.

@LittleEugenieStreet / Instagram

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The Little Eugenie Zoo is located in Old Town at Eugenie and Wells St.

@LittleEugenieStreet / Instagram

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Meet the keepers of your local ‘micro-zoo’

The Bensons turned their Old Town front porch into a ‘mini-zoo’ in 2022. It’s been a neighborhood staple ever since.

The Little Eugenie Zoo is located in Old Town at Eugenie and Wells St.

@LittleEugenieStreet / Instagram
By Nadia Hernandez
   

Two turtles and a flock of ducks swing along in their home on the front porch of Stephen and Kim Benson's Old Town home. The couple, whose daughter originally wanted chickens, wondered how to make their home more animal-friendly.

Reset sits down with the couple to learn how they transformed their lawn into a micro-zoo.

GUESTS: Stephen and Kim Benson, owners of Little Eugenie Zoo

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