tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2066397226269120453..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: L'autre Saint-Aignan — le nouveauKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15301265495346527722017-08-02T10:34:23.688+02:002017-08-02T10:34:23.688+02:00The baby twin pandas are due today, Aug. 2, I beli...The baby twin pandas are due today, Aug. 2, I believe. That will bring in even more people. It's probably better to just pay you guys a visit.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-20609546019169987722017-08-02T07:40:27.396+02:002017-08-02T07:40:27.396+02:00I remember that day at the zoo with Walt quite fon...I remember that day at the zoo with Walt quite fondly. It's a nice zoo. I was entertained to see American raccoons on display there. The Asian section was just being built, and there were a couple of new red pandas in an otherwise empty section of the zoo. I'm sure it's all finished and fancy now. Zoos do serve a purpose for education and now preservation of several species, but they must have room for the animals. Newer zoos tend to be roomy.<br /><br />Everywhere you go these days, there are more people and more buildings. Hasn't the world population tripled or quadrupled in our lifetimes? That's something. At least you get to stay in your quiet corner most of the time. It's something to hope for.Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494717807563190298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68160146301629590302017-08-01T07:04:53.794+02:002017-08-01T07:04:53.794+02:00It's true, isn't it... I keep hearing repo...It's true, isn't it... I keep hearing reports about how the elephant, the chimpanzee, and the rhinoceros, to name just a few, are endangered in the wild. There are just too many people on Earth.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52177938716173294432017-08-01T05:31:55.106+02:002017-08-01T05:31:55.106+02:00There is some of both, cages and big enclosures wh...There is some of both, cages and big enclosures where the animals can roam and graze. It's one of the nicest zoos I've ever seen.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-471873325558158312017-08-01T04:56:32.254+02:002017-08-01T04:56:32.254+02:00That was my question: Is it a place of cages or of...That was my question: Is it a place of cages or of "natural" environment, where they have habitat and room to move around, be relatively free?Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52606127791568428842017-07-31T18:22:47.811+02:002017-07-31T18:22:47.811+02:00I just saw that online, about the Pandas at the B...I just saw that online, about the Pandas at the Beauval Zoo, and I figured that would mean increased interest!<br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44693500448216185102017-07-31T14:25:56.415+02:002017-07-31T14:25:56.415+02:00I agree ... I hate to see these fabulous wonderful...I agree ... I hate to see these fabulous wonderful animals, tigers, lions, depressed to death in an enclosure or pacing insanely back and forth all day .. And yet the alternative seems to be death and extinction. What a crap world we have made :(Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10865595934446134732017-07-31T14:24:21.447+02:002017-07-31T14:24:21.447+02:00I have learned to resist all that modernity and be...I have learned to resist all that modernity and be content in the quiet peacefulness of those places where Everyone doesn't want to go or visit :)<br />After living in some major cities in this world, I now treasure the quiet of the world around me. It is nice to be able to visit those noisy crowded places but lovely to go home to peace and quiet.<br />I hope the opinions of the vineyard owners sways all the worst of the mess of traffic and noise-away from you.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2134378077837275742017-07-31T11:15:49.302+02:002017-07-31T11:15:49.302+02:00Well, CHM, Soon there won't be any animals lef...Well, CHM, Soon there won't be any animals left in the wild. Better to live in a zoo than be shot by poachers out in the wilds of whatever continent.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38481522859329363022017-07-31T10:55:02.142+02:002017-07-31T10:55:02.142+02:00We found your blog particularly interesting this m...We found your blog particularly interesting this morning as we noticed the new building projects around but hadn't connected them with the zoo. As you know, we use the campsite a lot and every weekend there, the campers are mainly French families with children come to visit the zoo.<br />I can take or leave zoos but we were very impressed with Beauval as it has been very well designed to give the animals the maximum protection and privacy when they want it but the arrangement of paths and bridges on multi levels give visitors a very good view of the animals. Very unlike some UK zoos we know.Sueceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855614771291139032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33269118749603693972017-07-31T10:30:29.738+02:002017-07-31T10:30:29.738+02:00We haven't been around the Loire for 15 years ...We haven't been around the Loire for 15 years but are spending a week near Saumur in September. It will be interesting to see how the area has changed. I'm hoping it will be tranquil but maybe I should have a re-think! Jane Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429424006916716375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7345983522943258302017-07-31T10:20:36.084+02:002017-07-31T10:20:36.084+02:00I am against putting wildlfe in prisons however gi...I am against putting wildlfe in prisons however gilded they are. All this is a matter of money, the animal's real welfare is not taken into account.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-21923430376979836332017-07-31T08:42:30.382+02:002017-07-31T08:42:30.382+02:00Hi Sue, what you say is true. But who would have p...Hi Sue, what you say is true. But who would have predicted panda bears and millions of tourists in a (formerly) quiet little backwater like Saint-Aignan?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39195507513633475352017-07-31T08:18:29.621+02:002017-07-31T08:18:29.621+02:00Not what you moved there for though!Not what you moved there for though!Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304310794930039797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-27701154907506088842017-07-31T07:54:12.644+02:002017-07-31T07:54:12.644+02:00I don't know if that's a good thing or not...I don't know if that's a good thing or not. But it's probably inevitable.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80241798608748920082017-07-31T07:53:46.395+02:002017-07-31T07:53:46.395+02:00Our neighbor the mayor is the mayor of our village...Our neighbor the mayor is the mayor of our village (pop. 1,200), not the mayor of Saint-Aignan (pop. 4,000). I haven't talked to her much about the new zoo-sponsored development. We are just hoping that any new bridge built to carry tourist traffic will be on the other side of Saint-Aignan from where we live. And it probably will be over there, because coming through this side of the town would mean cutting through a lot of valuable vineyards.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76947147877618512032017-07-31T07:09:25.766+02:002017-07-31T07:09:25.766+02:00it can be a modern town one dayit can be a modern town one dayGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42068990052537003782017-07-31T07:02:33.380+02:002017-07-31T07:02:33.380+02:00To some extent this may be a good thing. It will c...To some extent this may be a good thing. It will certainly keep Saint-Aignan alive.But I hope it will not go too far. It really sounds as though it already has! Your location is a good one, with the vineyards and being a little hamlet and not in the center. What does the mayor think about all this "progress"?Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com