Editor: I find it impossible to follow the thinking of Anne Boucher (The Times, July 22).
Obviously, other animal sanctuaries such as Hope For Wild Life in Nova Scotia, televised nature shows and zoos are all wrong, according to the expert Anne.
May I suggest that she take a six-month volunteer course before judging a privately run and privately funded wildlife organization that exists for the benefit of injured and orphaned animals.
To use the story of a small child whose parents allowed a wild animal be fed is absurd. Would this parent allow a child to feed a polar bear at the zoo and naturally blame the zoo for any problem?
It seems parents are only responsible to bring them into this world, and from there on everyone else is responsible for them.
The animals at Critter Care are not tame. While the photo may have depicted a tame raccoon draped over an intern’s neck, such is not the case.
This girl is the raccoon’s “mother” until it can be released into the wild, which by the way, will be in a very remote area, away from human population.
With the exception of a two-day open house, no animals at Critter Care are exposed to humans other than their individual caregiver.
So Anne, with your remarks, I hope you have not undone all the positive aspects of Critter Care’s open house.
This is one of the few opportunities they have to show the public the good work they do and also a very important way of raising funds.
Julius Bekei
South Surrey
