Moot Thoughts & Musings

Last spring, Chris and I were walking around the park in New Orleans, getting a bit of exercise and fresh air to our brains cobwebbed by books and study. I looked up and moving around behind a fence were several giraffes. We walked over and watched them for awhile. I love watching giraffes. The way they move is like ballet with their long, graceful limbs in carefully controlled movements.

The park we were in was Audubon Park. It is very large, hosting a 2 mile track around a golf course, soccer fields by the river, and the Audubon Zoo, which is the lovliest zoo I've ever been to. One walks through various habitats as if walking into another part of the world, spotting exotic animals nestled in their familiar vegetation.

After the hurricane hit, I wondered what happened to the zoo, but never at convenient times. So, I'm thinking about it now. Apparently, the zoo and its inhabitants are fine. An alligator was missing, a pair of otters died, and, other than traumatized animals, that is about it. However, the aquarium, also a dazzling place, suffered a huge loss of life when power supply failed. Most of their fish died, and some animals are now housed at the zoo, including the white alligator.