Postscript Don't take Anything for Granted

 "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting these decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell                                                                                                                                      Cold, windy weather with lots of rain, many cats have got a cold, running noses, sneezing, etc. difficult time for homeless pets. At present lots of sunshine in Germany and warmer than in Tunisia. Heavy knocking on my door, Djego barking like mad, sounds like something grave happened, an accident perhaps? No, just 4 preschool children desperate for sweets! Sorry but they have to go without, it is quite enough having them demanding sweets whenever they see me outside. It is less easy to live with our traumatized puppy (meanwhile approx. 9 months old) than I expected. Seems he is a watch dog, but unfortunately still very nervous and gets his panic attacks. Some cats ignore him, want to drink his water, eate his food, use his house against his will, others want to fight with him, 2 want to cuddle. Lately Djego prefers being ouside in the rain rather than taking shelter in his wooden dog house. A lovely gentle bitch that used to come for breakfast every morning, patiently waiting for me finish serving the feline visitors to my Cats' Table outside and then attending to her, hasn't turned up for 3 days. What happened? Children from ignorant uneducated families were throwing stones at her, without reason, just for sick fun. Now the sweet innocent bitch is frightened and feeling less gentle. Folks, kids and cats around here knew her as totally non aggressive, that idiotic never ending stone throwing is a crime and should be punished as such. Stupid guys here say: "They are children." Do they believe that this is normal behaviour for kids? It most certainly isn't  at all!. Children that abuse animals often end up as criminals in prison, when grown up. Parents must be held responsible for their neglectance.

If children are out on the street all day, allowed to do what ever they want, no one to tell them stop, go no further, how can they one day become good respectable citizens? I feel ashamed of the backward folks. They destroy the soul of Tunisia. "Teach a child not to be cruel to animals and you teach them the basic principles of human beings condition. " Caroline Earle White ( Animal Welfare Pioneer in United States). 

Don't Take Anything for Granted

"In Africa the only warning they take seriously is low battery." Robert Mugabe.                      Since the revolution on average prices increased 7 times. Take for example Salami, a 6oo gram sausage for human consumption, a few years ago costed 2 Dinar, today a sausage for cats, dogs, or cats and dogs, same size, is sold for 3 Dinar or even more (e. g. Carrefour 4,080 Dinar). This means I am forced to feed less of this product and should it get worse, look for an alternative. Hopefully my sweet treasures won't start a revolution, if the service and food doesn't meet their expectations. Our little fur angels also receive croquettes, I try to provide them with all they need for their health. For humans basic food various items are subsidized so nobody should remain hungry, at least in theory. Lately several products are difficult to obtain from time to time, sugar, flour, rice, wheat, cereals, semolina, milk, eggs, oil and medicine, mainly imports. It is not just due to lack of money, exporting countries nowadays often asking for advance payments, but also because of acts of speculations and smuggling on a big scale, and also in some cases the state not being able to pay contributions as compensation for subsidized goods. One special and in addition security units employed to carry out economic control operations to put an end to speculations and artificial creation of shortages of staple food, for bigger shameless profits, have been very successful lately. Vast amounts of stored and illegally transported goods have been sized and will be redistributed. Good news, as empty shelves, in partcular concerning basic food items, plus Ramadan coming up soon, can easily disturb the peace in a country that is already struggling with a high rate of unemployment, rising prices, and a not exactly successful economy. The government stated that citizens don't need to worry, everything will be there for Ramadan and the specal meals in the evening according to customs. While in the past mainly folks with low income used to buy second hand items, mainly clothes, now the middle class also visits the flea markets. Here too prices are rising, wholesales doubling. Anyhow, flea market business is bad for local tailors, less customers, less big orders,  as it's cheaper to buy something second hand. Seeing that many Tunisians who are forced to leave Ukraine because of the raging war there, decided to take their pets, cats and dogs of all sizes, with them (just like refugees from Ukraine and other countries do) is an amazing surprise and fantastic that Tunisian military airplanes accepted this. These wonderful folks can teach ignorants here true values, Tunisia can profit from their knowledge and experience, for a better Tunisia. By the way, I had the honor to speak with a young man who just returned with his cat, flying back together

with these pet loving citizens and their "four legged family members" . This gives me hope, a better world is possible. Solidarity makes us strong.