Spring Time 2020

All cruelty springs from weakness.  Seneca
A sense of fairness results from comparison, those who are treated badly want to do the same. Learning from experience, humans and animals do this. Before they can even speak babies are  always watching, trying to understand, 12months olds are capable to understand what people feel. They register emotions, at an age of three they are helpful, act according to sympathy as psychology tests showed. One of the most stupid sentences I heard here is :"They are only children". This serves to do nothing, not to take the trouble to explain to kids where the bounders are that they must not overstep. Who needs positive role models? Quite a few cats have kittens in spring (usually 4), some  of those lovely little angels suddenly appear at my "cats' table" and rapidly disappear again, occasionally because they found a more or less permanent home, were unfortunate to get run over by a car or - this really makes me feel sick - were murdered by disturbed, if not to say brainless, kids, youngsters or adults. This just isn't normal. How can anyone kill those cute innocent cat babies? Three days ago 3 approx. 6 weeks old gorgeous little fur angels didn't turn up for breakfast (turkey salami). They used to still drink their mother's milk. The cat had found a good shelter for them but this couldn't protect them against evil minded children. A bit of sunbathing on the pavement in front of a safe cat friendly house, their only "crime". When cats see me they come running to me, when they see these kids here they run away, I never viewed such behavior elsewhere. It really depresses me, I pray for Tunisia introducing laws that protect animals, urgently required. It would not only help to stop the abuse but hopefully also help to create a better society. Experiences show that many of those with a criminal career started off abusing or killing defenceless animals. A positive development, Tunisia employs "green police" now, they are tasked with environmental protection. In Tunis you can be charged a 60 Dinar fine for dropping your rubbish where it doesn't belong. I have also seen their van in Sousse, great. Many rubbish bins have been fitted on two streets (or more that I don't know of), two days later approx. 12 of these disappeared again for whatever reasons. In view of the Corona virus some measures have been taken in Tunis to protect the citizens, several additional toilets with washbasins are now available and various areas at bus and train stations etc. are getting disinfected.