Hey, it’s Vlad. I gotta tell you, it’s been like Africa hot here. While Shaka, Zuri and Nala, our African black backed jackals might not mind the heat, us foxes don’t care for it much. Red foxes are quite adaptable and can actually live in the deserts of the Arabian peninsula, but us ambassadors are a different subspecies that prefers it much cooler. Of course Arctic foxes really like it cold. For these reasons management takes special precautions when it gets this hot, such as putting out ice blocks and turning misters on. The Arctic fox villa is equipped with an underground shelter to help keep Freddy and Sakari extra cool.

To make sure everyone here knows how to avoid overheating, I called a staff meeting to go over some important points. I had Laika post a memo letting the others know about the meeting. It said “ Summer’s here and the mercury is rising, which means we all need to think about ways to stay cool. We will have a meeting at 9:45 to discuss. A *T *T *E *N *D *A *N *C *E
R* E *Q* U *I*R* E*D”.

I arrived at our meeting spot at about 9:30 to put out a little spread. Soon after the others started trickling in. Of course several participants were late and it wasn’t until 9:58 that we took attendance. We were just ready to start discussing ways to stay cool when out of the blue Yuri started to dance around the enclosure. Everyone was in a bit of shock over his display and at first we were not sure whether or not it was a medical emergency. After watching him shimmy around for a bit I finally intervened and said Yuri, what in blue blazes are you doing? He stopped his gyrations and said “just what you told me to do in your memo”. Still confused I said “what are you talking about”? Yuri said “read your memo, it’s says at ten dance required”. That Yuri, gotta love him.

Vlad out.