Limitations

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/share-your-world-11th-november-2024/

1. If reincarnation exists, would you like to come back as a domestic pet or a wild animal? I would prefer being a wild animal because there are limitations to being owned by a human. Some are lucky, and treated as if they are another member of the family. All my pets are like family to me, and when any of them passed, it tore out a piece of my heart. Some people regard them as if they aren’t worth anything and that is wrong. Please avoid owning a living being, if you don’t plan to look after them.
2. Do you think Zoos are a good idea? It depends on the zoo. I’ve been to the one in London, and felt there wasn’t enough space for the them to be comfortable. Their enclosures looked too small. However, I have observed some, where they treat them with more respect and their habitat is more in line with their home.
3. Have you ever been to a safari park? Once, at Longleat. We drove through the monkey section and lost all of our plastic seals at the top of the car. We laughed at the other driver’s pain when they ripped off wing mirrors and windscreen wipers.
4. Have you visited an oceanarium? In the UK, we call them aquariums. Yes, I have, and it is a special sort of trip, to encounter different species in a semi-natural environment.

I am grateful for every moment spent with my kids, helping them discover other creatures around us. Zoos might not be perfect, but for some, that’s their only chance of survival. At least with the money we spend on these places, we will help support those, who are becoming extinct because of the vanity of man.