Just over one year ago, October 13 2021 to be exact, I started on this journey.
About 170 posts later I can say thank you to a small, but growing, audience.
Since I know almost all of my readers (someone in China I don’t know seems to read posts every time that nation is mentioned) I am especially glad for the kind words of encouragement I have received about the blog.
The vision I had for Wild Animal News is more or less what has turned out. I have discovered it is hard to reach many people I want to interview for direct comment. It has also been a challenge to do the infrastructure stuff – categories, blog rolls and general housekeeping. Much has changed in the world of journalism since I worked at it daily. Of course this blog was impossible in those days.
But many things have turned out well. I have found good sources of photos, made a few contacts I can rely on for stories, and generally had a good time.
I notice that I haven’t done too much about aerial wildlife. I intend to beef up that aspect. I also notice that the force of reality is driving a lot of contact about extinction, de-extinction, re-wilding and the shocking reality of human mistreatment of wild animals (all animals actually).
Overall it has been time well spent and I hope you and any new readers who join us, continue to enjoy the content and my effort to bring depth and more clarity to stories in the news.
Thanks again
Jim