We are urging Maspeth Federal Savings Bank to cancel their petting zoo  during their community day event (Smile on Maspeth day), as we all know that petting zoos are terrifying for the animals involved, especially when surrounded by hordes of ignorant people. These animals are extremely deprived of their natural lives and are torn away from everything they know, to be confined and forced to behave . Soon they start to develop destructive behaviors like self mutilation, pacing, bar biting & swaying.  Do you think this far?  Petting Zoos are stressful for the animals. Petting Zoos usually use baby animals who are not used to being handle, in addition they are surrounded by children and adults who dont know how to be gentle to such animals. This can cause a variety of injuries to the young animals,  and can even cause death. Besides the fact that we cant read minds, someone with Ill intentions towards the animals would be able to do as they pleased,  since petting zoos are lacking staff and unsupervised.