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Patlo Day leads today's complete edition for Botswana.
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Patlo is the traditional courtship process where the groom's family formally approaches the bride's family at the kgotla. It is not a proposal, it is a delegation with uncles doing the talking, aunts doing the observing, and the young couple waiting outside. Every Motswana knows that saying the wrong thing at patlo follows you longer than any wedding vow.
You observe Barbary macaques (the only wild primates in Europe), Barbary partridges, and various seabirds on the Rock of Gibraltar. You find that Gibraltar residents typically keep dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds as pets, following typical Mediterranean pet-keeping practices. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.