My expiration date was sometime in 2001 I believe. I have always known this was a bad fit for me. At our place in the US it's the same thing: barn owls, coyotes, deer, raccoons, fox, great herons, ospreys, bald eagles, otters, bob cats, etc... It's not better, it just suits me better.
What is harder still is to come from such a dog culture, where people take their dogs for rides in the car just to spend more time with them or just for fun, and to work everyday ~ to here. I'll feel better when quarantine is over.