Ardath Rekha

That used to kind of be the case here, too... but the US has gotten so overdeveloped that in a lot of places, the wild animals have had no choice but to move back into the suburbs and even the cities. We've even had coyote sightings in the suburb lately... and about an hour's drive from where I live, there's been a bear sighting. They just don't have anywhere else to go anymore, so back they're coming. At least it means I get to meet neat creatures. But it was about... 18 years ago... that we had a wild rabbit who spent the summer hanging out with us. She'd come and sit on the porch with us, take naps by us, etc... she'd figured out we weren't dangerous, so she was taking advantage of it, since it meant she could relax and drop her guard around us and knew we'd watch her back for her. It was incredible.