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Rutland Farm Park – The Visit! (28.10.2025)

28/10/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Unlike the City Farms or the bigger commercial entities – the atmosphere is relaxed. Indeed, a cadre of very alert geese provide the security detail – patrolling the grounds and showing the guests which way to travel in and out of the park! I remember once reading in a book at school (a very long time ago) that Celtic people used to live on the top of mountains and hills – and that it was geese (and not dogs) that used to warn the inhabitants of any approaching strangers! Geese “honk” really loud, and are physically brave, being willing to protect their owners with their lives! Brave little fellows they are!

The Zoological Society of London said it financial situation had got "sharply worse" in recent months

UK: Trump’s USAID-Cuts Threatens London Zoo! (5.10.2025)

05/10/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

A spokesperson for ZSL told the BBC that the past year had been particularly challenging for UK tourism and the global conservation sector.

They added that the organisation had also been affected by the increase in employer National Insurance contributions earlier this year.

The spokesperson said: “ZSL, whose income is partially generated by visitors to its zoos, has seen the impact of decreased consumer confidence on visitor behaviour, with guests spending less this summer.”

They pointed to the Great Britain Tourism Survey, which found domestic tourism was down by 8% in spring 2025 compared with the previous year. The decline was attributed to “increased cost-of-living and weaker consumer confidence” in the UK economy.

London Zoo – which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2026 – also felt the impact of the Covid pandemic.

Sutton: St Nicholas Church – Feeding Squrrels & Pigeons! (21.9.2025)

21/09/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

We visited the Church-yard of St Nicholas Church on the 14.9.2025 – a pleasant Saturday afternoon in South-West London (formerly East Surrey). At the moment we are experiencing what we use to call an “Indian Summer” – providing this is still an acceptable analogy (who knows – the ground upon which we stand keeps dissolving into loose sand). Either way, communing with wild animals teaches children empathy, sympathy, and kindness. This is inter-species communication – a very important aspect of a civilised upbringing and education. From a superstitious Buddhist view – all life is karmically inter-related following endless cycles of rebirth (bundles of life-habit living through all different life-forms until the realisation of enlightenment breaks the cycle). Is this real? I have no idea – but the Buddha seems to think rebirth is a Brahmanic myth – but it is a myth which he uses to convey his teaching and make his point, etc.

UK: The Early 1980s Were Great Days – I Worked at the Interpet (Dorking Town) & the RNIB Tape-Recorder (Wallington) Factories! (15.7.2025)

15/07/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Nowadays, of course, everybody and their cat listens to audiobooks – but this was certainly not the case then – or for many years afterwards (apps have replace all this industry and mechanisation). This all came about due to the system of free universal education the UK had then (Thatcher abolished it in 1988 if you remember). I spent a year or so at a College in the Reigate and Redhill area between 1983-1984 – before relocating to Hereford (all free at the point of us and paid for via collective taxation). In the Wallington factory I was put to work on the assembly line with the man sat to my left explaining my job. He had managed to come through the UK education system and remain totally illiterate (which is a remarkable feat considering the high calibre of State and Private (Public) education in the area – although neuro-diversity was not recognised at the time) – but to his credit he liked Bob Marley (this was interesting as he was White).

Grifting Anarchists Wander Around a Lorry...

How Ukrainian “Anarchists” Support Neo-Nazism and Misrepresent Asian Philosophy! (27.6.2025)

27/06/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Post after post talked with a self-righteous certainty about how the pursuers of this path were obviously “morally” superior. Then, all of a sudden, Ukrainian (Neo-Nazi) soldiers were featured as “exemplars” of this form of Anarchy – together with regular reports of “how many Russians they had killed”! This demonstrates how Indian religion is completely misrepresented in the West – “Ahimsa” [non-violence] requires a complete uprooting of all hatred from within the human mind and body. Saving a chicken whilst killing Russians sound suspiciously like Hitler’s Animal Rights ideas. Whilst millions of humans were fed through Hitler’s Death Factories during WWII – he passed strict laws protecting the rights of animals! These Anarchists in Ukraine are just like their unelected government – and firm supporters of Neo-Nazism. One of the most recent posts (written in English) states that Anarchists all over the US and Europe fully support Neo-Nazism in Ukraine – and criticise Trump for calling for an end of the war in Donbass! You couldn’t make it – but I suppose trusting Anarchists in any situation is a ridiculous expectation.

South London: Baby Black-Bird Rescued! (22.5.2025)

22/05/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

As Gee has worked in Rescue-Centres many moons ago – she was able to do a full assessment of the bird’s fitness – and this bird passed with flying colours! We teach our pets to be kind to one another and so the cat had not bitten the bird in any place on the body (we think it is a female Black-Bird). The wings were intact, the feet strong, the beak sharp, and the temperament calm and attentive. I held the bird for about 30 minutes whilst the bird calmed down, stood-up and sorted itself-out. Gee then took the bird outside to near where the cat caught the bird – and it stood on her hand for a few seconds, gave a squawk and away it went! This bird flew safely into a high tree and we hope it will now have a good and long life!

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