LyndaS

Ann, just curious, what was the 'dubious' regarding the Spiers outreach project?

CarlaM

Curious about your comment on Spier's too, thanks.

annhig

hi, Lynn & CArla,

Initally the idea of being able to pet these wonderful beasts was appealing. but then I was rather troubled about what was going to happen if it went wrong.

after all they are not trained - that is the whole point of it. so there is no guarrentee that they won't go for that cute child who's reaching out...

tragedy for all concerned including the cats.

in fact, I found a lot of my pre-conceptions challenged by our trip- which is at least one of the purposes of travel, I guess.

regards, ann

pixelpower

Nyama: Btw, who is Walter?

OK, let me rephrase that:

"Hi Bwana Mitch,

..."

Better?

Nyama: One last question: where is the ethical difference between breeding lions for tourist leisure and breeding cattle for our slaughterhouses?

- That one is for food, the other just for entertainment.
- Personally; both are not my cup of tea, I'm trying to cut meat as much as possible.

Ciao,

Pixelpower (aka Jochen)