Pet News you Missed.... (part 1)
Catch and Release
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For entertainment, the kids go on "excursions" in the Anguillian bush, across the street from our house, a few times a week.
There is "Mount Everest" aka a small pile of rocks and "Scrub Island" aka a tiny part of the bushes behind the church and then there is "the end of the World" which is where the bush backs up to a dirt road".
Even though these excursions take place within a half mile radius, the kids usually take water bottles, some kind of music player, a phone and snacks.... you know, just in case.
So during these excursions, the kids tend to find every living animal that lives on this island..... (sigh)... and of course, what do they do????
Drag the poor thing home to be adopted!
What you see in the enclosed pic is the turtles they found during 4 separate trips to "Mount Everest", which were subsequently released again since we reviewed our "pet adoption policy" which clearly states that "we only take in animals that can't survive on their own".
Yeah, there was a time when the kids coming back from the bush saying "guess what we found" were much disliked words on my part ![]()
And then there's the story on how we found, saved and adopted the 4 dying chicks and how 4 turned into 3, or how Logan tells it "guess which animal can't swim"....






gosh, mom! you are cruel! only animals that can't make it on their own? Who makes that determination? Judge and jury in one person? No Taxation without representation I say! give me liberty or give me death!
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