Marc and I went to a wonderful shopping centre for gardening and home care called Dobbies. It is huge, and is fun to wander through. It also has a garden restaurant and deli with delicious fresh grown foods, as well as visitor attractions like a seasonal ice rink and a butterfly and insect world. The butterfly and insect world has a large butterfly garden, with painted quails and iguanas running around. In a separate room they have reptiles, amphibians, insects, a bee colony (though it is a bit cold for them), and a nocturnal room. It was fun, and the standards for animal care overhere seem to be much higher than in the US. Even pets for sale like hamsters and rabbits have healthier looking coats, and are curious and approach people. They have varied diets, enrichment, and all around just seem better.
My mom lived it Holland for awhile and she said that they treated their animals 100X better than Americans' do. Which is really cool.
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