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Who is cawing in the house ?
I tell you, teaching is a dangerous job : if you have the choice, do something else !
At the beginning of the week, if you had seen what went out of Claire’s nose… Disgusting.
In the middle of the week, she began to caw : it was horrible to hear. Fortunately, she quickly lost her voice.
At the end of the week, she cawed again, and in our opinion, she had to have all the same a little fever.
And on Saturday evening, she went to bed at half past 9, and slept till a quarter to 10 am the following morning ! And spent the rest of Sunday to nap on the sofa until she went to call Hugues in the big white telephone in the bathroom.
Today, she decided all the same to look after herself correctly and to remain quiet.
For the report of the course with the behaviourist that she followed on Saturday in a comatose state, it will still be necessary to wait for a few days !
We thus apologize for not having visited and commented on your blogs since Thursday…
Visit La Garenne with us
Following World Animal Day, we wanted to present you the only address of French-speaking Switzerland for wild animals in distress : the Zoo of La Garenne.
The Zoo of La Garenne emerged in 1965 with the aim of making known the local fauna and teach young people to respect it. It is state-approved since 1977.
It is also a care center for wild animals : hundreds of wounded or in trouble animals are taken care every year. A part of them are looked after, then released, but if an animal remains handicaped, he is kept in the park. The majority of the present animals of the region in the park moreover arise from the care center.
The Zoo of La Garenne also participates in several national programs of reintroduction of wild species. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors and donators, it was able to be renovated and enlarged between 2013 and 2016.
Here are some of its boarders : all these animals are present in Switzerland, although it is not all native species.
loup – wolf – Wolf – lupo
vautour moine – black vulture – Mönchsgeier – avvoltoio nero
gypaète barbu – bearded vulture – Lämmergeier – gipeto
bouquetin – ibex – Steinbock – stambecco
sanglier – boar – Wildschwein – cinghiale
renard roux – red fox – Rotfuchs – volpe rossa
raton-laveur – racoon – Waschbär – procione
ragondin – coypu – Biber – topo di fogna
milan royal – red kite – rote Milan – nibbio reale
hibou Grand-Duc – eagle owl – Uhu – gufo reale
Shhhhhh !
chouette effraie – barn owl – Schleiereule – barbagianni
The lynx and the badger had decided to hide the day of our visit ; instead of their photos, we offer you the image of two garden wildcats :
