Others Being Slightly Less Disorganised

Today I am a much happier Shona. I definitely have a job to start on Monday! Of course the prospect of re-entering the world of wage-slavery and legal prostitution of my talents is *not* pleasing but the money is. And money is the point of prostituting yourself, after all.

Good news for Lavender

Finally, the mystery illness that's been killing hippos and buffalo in Uganda has been identified. It's anthrax, which is less than good - but now they know what the pathogen is the park authorities have a better chance of treating it and stopping it spreading (to which end domestic cattle will no longer be allowed to graze in the park). And of course anthrax can be vaccinated against which is also good news.
I'm having some trouble convincing the vet to give Lavender the shots, though. Just because she wanted smallpox shots last year he seems to have her pegged as some sort of bio-terrorist... As if she'd be that unsubtle.