31.12.2023 by Mervi
I had hoped I could begin this new year article with the words ‘The war is over in Ukraine’ but unfortunately my wish didn’t come true. Now there’s even war in Gaza and many other parts in the world. Despite the dark clouds in our sky I don’t want to publish a dull and dark article so I’ve illustrated it with bright collages.
It’s not easy to keep an optimistic mind when the world situation is awful and the destiny of the whole planet is going to be a catastrophe if the people are still closing their eyes and minds!
However, loosing our optimism and faith is no good! We must concentrate on doing what we can to make things better. For me personally the world of animals – both the real and the phantasy world – are good ways to keep up the optimistic spirits. This magazine is a humble effort to make the readers feel the same.
Just like all years the year 2023 has been filled with both sad and happy moments. The loss of the young polar bears Imaq and Miki was a tragedy. Of course, we miss even our older white friends that left us during the year.
There were some good things, too. Our efforts to ‘rescue’ Fiete from Budapest was a success. We also know now that the animals from Orsa have found new homes. I’m especially glad that the Berlin Zoo decided to keep brown bears again and that the three bears came from Orsa.
Great Britain is nowadays a real polar bear home but to my great disappointment there’s only one polar bear in Finland – Venus in Ranua. I hope she will have a companion soon. In Sweden there are no polar bears – what a shame!!
I can’t count on everything that happened during the year here but there are lots of articles in this magazine telling you different stories.
Finally I want to thank all readers of Knuti’s Magazine for being faithful visitors here. Naturally, I also want to thank all the eminent reporters and photographers. Without their generousity it wouldn’t be possible for me to run this magazine!
THANK YOU ALL!
A high five for you!
I wish everybear and everybody a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! May this year be better than the last year!
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