Thoughts on safety around animals

1 Don't turn your back on an animal to take a selfie.
2 Others may be standing apparently safely near animals - but they might be attacked in five minutes time - and so could you.

An animal looking at you may be preparing to attack. A woman was taking a selfie in front of a bison in the USA. Luckily she lived to tell the tale.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171312/Bison-injures-woman-posing-selfie-Yellowstone.html

Don't lie down either. Especially not near an emu in Australia. It could get amorous.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171456/The-moment-emu-tried-mate-backpacker-Australian-outback.html

And while we're on this subject, keep your dog on a leash well away from water in Florida.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171575/Woman-leaps-pond-wrestles-7ft-alligator-bare-hands-successful-bid-rescue-pet-dog-reptile-s-jaws.html#comments

I have just written a fictional book about a girl with a dog trying to escape from an escaped lion at a safari park.
It is called
Larry The Talking Dog, Cathy Cat and Escaped Lions.

Angela Lansbury, author, travel writer, photographer, speaker.