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.