Hello mates, Reef the fox right here together with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” My buddy Kai had the possibility to go to varsity final week. That’s proper, whereas I used to be again on the sanctuary perfecting my scream by yelling at Ridley, Kai was on the market making educational historical past.
Kai accompanied our human mother, Nicole Navarro, to the College of Miami, the place she was invited to visitor lecture on the College of Communication for an interpersonal communication class. The scholars realized all about how foxes talk nonverbally, each with one another and with people. From ear twitches to tail flicks, delicate physique shifts to eye contact, we’re mainly fluent in silent language.
However the lecture didn’t cease there. Mother additionally talked about how Pawsitive Beginnings makes use of storytelling as a type of therapeutic. She shared how the tales of our survival, from cages and cruelty to care and compassion, are woven into animal-assisted remedy classes for individuals who have skilled trauma. Our tales assist individuals discover hope once more. It’s deep stuff. (Deeper than the opening I dug within the enclosure final week, and belief me, that was spectacular.)
And naturally, Mother made certain to spotlight one thing she all the time reminds our guests: wild animals usually are not pets. Regardless of how charming, fluffy or intelligent we appear (I personally verify all three containers), we belong in sanctuaries, not on sofas. We’ve come from robust pasts, and we deserve lives that honor our wild nature, not ones that put us in danger for exploitation once more.
What made the journey much more significant was {that a} younger woman from the Florida Keys Kids’s Shelter was capable of accompany them. She’s been dreaming of attending the College of Miami, and this go to gave her a glimpse of what that future may seem like. Sitting in on a school lecture and strolling the campus made her dream really feel just a bit nearer, and we couldn’t be prouder to have her as a part of the expertise.
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Till subsequent time. Reef, over and out!