Thank you so much, Caitlin. I really appreciate your heartfelt commentary. I try to read your articles everyday, although the time difference often makes me a latecomer. I’m leaving on Wednesday morning for a trip to South Africa, and I really hope I won’t have the opportunity to read your column except sparingly during the time I’m away.

Anyone who has liked the comments and content I have put in my replies, please don’t hesitate to repost them, the petition, the organisations, the vigil idea, as is appropriate. I will keep you all, and especially Gaza, in my heart while I’m away. And will drop by occasionally if that works out while I’m away trying to reconnect to the wildlife whose lives we are so careless of.