<span style="font-size: 15px">Kestrel was wrapping things up at the animal sanctuary. They had opened today for schools to come and see the animals, and learn about them. Most of these beasts had been in someone's home; a tiger that they assumed would obey them if they raised it as a cub, a bear who had his teeth ripped out and claws cut to prevent her from defending herself along with many wolf dogs, snakes and even monkeys/apes. Animals that people just couldn't control in their home and brought here. Though they were always at their limit and funds were hard to come by. Walking from the front gate, he locked up and headed for the feeding barn. Everyone was very hungry, and made a ruckus to let him know.<br/>
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"I know, your dinner is late," he spoke happily as he opened the feeding barn. There, other workers were cutting up fruit, vegetables and meats. They put the amounts in buckets, and began to carry them out to the different enclosures. Kestrel was tasked with feeding Tonka, their local old hyena that someone had kept in their small apartment until she ended up attacking and killing their neighbor's prized poodle. Walking up to the pen, he dumped the meat into the hyena's pen and watched her come limping put of her den. "Oh, your joints are probably pretty sore aren't they, old girl? I'll get the vet to come give you a shot to ease it again," he said, watching her begin to scarf down her meal. Getting back to his feet, he brought the bucket back to the barn and grabbed the next. They had a group on mongooses (mongeese?) and in the bucket were earth worms, crickets and a few mice. People had adopted these things and thought they'd act just like ferrets and were surprised when they bite and destroyed their houses. <br/>
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Walking into their habitat, he looked up as the lights. "That's not normal," he grumbled but got distracted when the mongooses/geese came running out of their little hiding holes. They knew what that bucket held; dinner. He began to dump their supper onto this rock like structure, watching as they all dug in greedily. "Ann~Marie, let Louise~Marie in," those two were always fighting over everything but before he could break them up a large <i><b>boom! </b></i>shook him to his very core. Stumbling, Kestrel felt himself starting to fall asleep faster and faster until he collapsed and saw no more light. </span>