A few days ago I posted some photos and comments on my Facebook page about the renovation of Kabul Zoo. The animals have clean and enlarged living quarters and they are on healthy diets.
Someone on my Facebook page asked why the animals are well fed while there are so many poor and hungry families in Kabul.
It’s all about trying to create and maintain a balance.
The zoo is important in many ways. From a psychological viewpoint the zoo offers a peaceful environment for the public to relax in and to unwind.
From an educational viewpoint we can learn a lot from animals such as living in accordance with nature.
Children in Afghanistan need to learn how to be children again. The zoo offers them the opportunity to forget about their everyday difficulties. It is a small reality within a bigger reality.
Poverty can’t be erased in one day. We will have to address this issue step by step.
Seems like there are always two sides to story...
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