HUNTINGTON â For Andy McKee, reptiles are all he knows.
That knowledge and passion for teaching have taken him from a middle school classroom to a reptile showroom in downtown Huntington where he owns and operates Mountain State Reptile Rescue.
McKee jump-started the herpetology program at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School in Huntington a couple years ago, following in the footsteps of his father, who started Huntington Highâs program in 1986. At the time, it was the only middle school herpetology program in the country.
Word spread about the herpetology program and he began to field more questions from students, parents and others about reptiles. Some, he said, were from people who couldnât take care of their animals anymore, while others were curious about jumping into the world of reptile ownership.