NOTE: I don't know what the problem with Blogger is, but I post these things first thing in the morning. Sometimes they show up, sometimes they don't. I'll keep trying until it does show up...

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Why can't we share wildlife, with other parts of the world??

Wouldn't it be just a little bit cool to see a kangaroo hop by as you're preparing to go to work in the morning?? I mean, as opposed to a ground hog, or a crow??

Why should Africa have all the elephants and hippos, when we could see some in our own parks and valleys??

Sure, that's what zoos are for, you say. But a person walking down the street in a Louisiana bayou doesn't have to view an alligator from the protection of a pen or enclosure - they jump right out of the water, and chomp onto your arm, without the frustration of a barbed wire fence in the way.

I for one would love to send the neighborhood cats and dogs to say, Alaska, if it meant we could have a pod of friendly penguins toodlin' down the sidewalk here instead. I'm sure I'd find cleaning penguin poop off of my lawn less disgusting than dog crap, that's for sure!!

Speaking of cats, wouldn't it keep people on their toes to know a lion or tiger was given free rein of the neighborhood? You see a lot less chubby people in tank tops on their porch, if a hungry puma was lurking in the shadows!

Just sayin'...

You could even train some of them to do odd jobs. Giraffes could hang Xmas lights. Dolphins could deliver mail to waterfront homes.

I'm not sure how useful aardvarks would be, but give me some time...

At any rate, they say variety is the spice of life. How about a bit of variety in the neighborhood pet population??? "Remember folks, have your python spayed or neutered"!!!

Chow for now!!