Steering clear of political & other comment, here's a different 'worry':
Something’s amiss. As animal lovers, where did we go wrong? We brought our kids up in country Victoria to give them a rural, nature-filled, animal-loving childhood, away from the cities. Over the years we owned - and cared for - dogs and puppies, baby lambs, calves, cows, goats, chooks, a white mouse, a ginger cat, even a donkey and (of course) guinea pigs. We went on outings to forests and farmlands to experience the environment and to see native animals in their natural habitat. We saw kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, koalas, turtles, and echidnas. The kids seemed to love them all—the ones we had at home and the ones they saw out in the bush. We thought we had given them a love of nature as well as knowledge of how to care for creatures of every sort. Our kids are well grown up now and have families of their own. Our daughter lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland, in a big house that has no room for a pet of any sort. Our son lives in UK with a backyard as big as a pocket handkerchief. Animals? Pets? Zilch! Where did we go wrong? What animals have they had? Do they have? What animals are they caring for? Admittedly, the Gold Coast family had some guinea pigs for a while and the UK ones had a rabbit that lived in a cupboard for a few years. But, as for now…the answer is nil. But, wait! A grown-up grandson and his wife now own two cats. Should I feel that the tide has turned? Probably not!
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