Mejan wondered if she’d made the right decision in caving to her son’s desire to visit the zoo. It was a place she didn’t approve of. On the one hand, it bred endangered animals for future release into the new wild zones. That part she liked. But it also preserved certain native species too dangerous for freedom, creatures forced to endure long lives in cages, denied their natural habitat and the opportunity to breed.
“I want to see them,” Benzi said, his heart set on viewing the latter in their high-security enclosures. “I need to write a report about an animal for a school project.”
Mejan’s nose wrinkled at the thought. “Why not pick a different one? An elephant or tiger? Something less scary.”
“I’m not a little kid.” Benzi huffed a challenge to say otherwise. “My teacher said the government is thinking…
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Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie 
Thanks again for sharing the story, Jaye and Anita. I had to tell it and I’m glad you appreciated it. ❤ ❤ Hugs
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Valuable share.
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I wish I could do more, like knock their stupid heads together…
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Guns in the US culture is one thing. The proliferation of these lethal weapons in the light of some many mass killings is quite another.
There are those who have mixed it up with all manner of other issues and people are dying because of it.
Trying to get into the mindset is an almost impossible challenge.
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How much worse does it have to get before they see sense and ban them?
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I fear, a lot worse. The divisions are bad and getting visceral.
It seems the USA is getting closer to that crossroads many a nation has faced over the centuries where the divisions become irreconcilable and the nations tears into itself.
I’ve read articles in respectable journals (our Guardian for one) discussing the possibility of the USA going down the same path as Northern Ireland suffered in the last third of the 20th century.
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