The School of Magical Animals is a unique and enchanting institution where children can learn to communicate and connect with magical creatures. Located deep within a mystical forest, this school has been a haven for both animals and humans for centuries. The curriculum at the School of Magical Animals is unlike any other. Students are taught to appreciate and understand the magical abilities and qualities possessed by these extraordinary creatures. They learn to harness their own magical powers and form deep bonds with their animal counterparts. One of the core subjects at this school is magical creatureology, where students explore the different species of magical animals.
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One of the core subjects at this school is magical creatureology, where students explore the different species of magical animals. They study their habits, habitats, and unique abilities. From unicorns to dragons, the students delve into the rich and diverse world of magical creatures.
Face to face with the Red Witch; THEY ARE KILLING MY SLOBODAN.
SHE CUTS a pitiful figure in the back of the armour-plated black BMW drawing up at the gates of Belgrade's Central Prison.
But The Red Witch of Belgrade, the woman who spent 14 years helping her husband Slobodan Milosevic plunder Serbia, should not be pitied.
In an exclusive interview Mira Markovic, who says she despises all things Western yet takes Big Macs to Slobbo in his jail cell, claims: "I am desperate. I am living a nightmare. I am in tears because of what they are doing to us."
Mira, 56, who is widely expected to face corruption and possibly murder charges, says that the former dictator is being systematically assassinated in the 15sq ft cell where he has been since his arrest on April 1.
"My husband simply sees all this as low and filthy and not worth dignifying by speaking out," she says angrily.
"He is sitting in a prison cell becoming more and more ill. He is on double his medication for high blood pressure and I believe that it is the intention of the authorities to let him die there. They are slowly assassinating him."
Officials have, in fact, said that Milosevic would be allowed treatment in the prison hospital, but he has refused.
Mira says: "I just want him home where he can be cared for." But she has misjudged the mood of the nation her husband ruled with a rod of iron.
It has been a long, tragic process but the Serbs are beginning to realise that during his 13 years in power, he ransacked their country.
Slobbo now occupies a windowless cell where a guard watches him round the clock. He has no television or radio and relies on newspapers and Mira's visits to inform him how the investigation against him is going.
Mira continues to deny any responsibility on her husband's part for ethnic cleansing or the siege of Sarajevo.
"He had nothing to do with it. If The Hague wants to accuse him, let it find the people who issued the orders," she rants. "The ones responsible are the ones who started it, especially those in the West who wanted the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
"They're after everything. Next thing they'll be investigating my hairpins, my toothbrushes, my sandals.
"But the filthiest thing is the allegation my husband personally enriched himself as head of state. I can tell you he is not in debt to this country, Serbia is indebted to him."
The facts seem to say otherwise.
IN the Homoljske mountains, 150 miles south-east of the capital, an abandoned building site is a monument to the family's greed.
A huge high-rise looms over the chalets and the casino, ballroom and massive concrete bunkers.
This, says an old brochure, is the Hyatt Regency which should have opened in 2000. It would have 266 guestrooms, 72 villas, wine bars, skiing lodges, beauty salons, swimming pools - everything a $1billion hotel could boast.
What is not so well-known is that the "Hyatt" licence was bought by Milosevic for his own use - and built on Mira's whim.
No matter that the country was in economic ruin, engineers who worked on the site have no doubt what was planned for this half-built Hyatt. "Yes, perhaps they would have run part as a hotel for the world's rich - but there is also a presidential palace on the site," one of them told me.
"A few of us worked in Iraq, building bunkers for Saddam but even those walls were not as thick as the ones in the underground rooms here.
"We christened this place 'The Forbidden Palace' for the use of Sultan Slobbo and his hangers-on."
Mira, meanwhile, persists in her claims of innocence - and even tries arouse pity for her murderous son, Marko.
The 27-year-old, now in hiding in Khazakhstan, made millions smuggling oil and cigarettes. On the back of his huge profits, he built Yugoslavia's biggest nightclub and a leisure complex. He ran his little Mafia by terror.
"My son's businesses were burned or ransacked by lynch mobs intent on attacking a president, my husband, who devoted himself to his people," says Mira.
"He got his money by hard work and they have destroyed all that through jealousy." Her self-pity is meaningless to 20-year-old student Zoran Milovanovic, who led a tiny local resistance movement.
He was kidnapped by Marko's thugs and had a pistol barrel placed in his mouth.
"They flung me through the door, and beat me. Then Marko walked in carrying a chainsaw and said he was going to cut me up.
"He told me: 'You're not the first and you won't be the last.' He held the saw close to my head.
"He kept asking who my boss was, how many of us were there? I was certain I was a dead man. Finally his henchmen beat me with their pistols and I came round in the street near my home.
"No wonder Marko has fled the country. The people would rip him to pieces. The whole family are scum. Ultimate scum."
But like a she-wolf protects her cubs, Mira will not hear a word against her children.
"Yes, my son has left the country," she concedes. "But the rest of us have stayed.
"My daughter was here throughout the bombing. no one has a braver daughter."
Slobbo's 36-year-old daughter, Marija, remains free despite firing her pistol at officers arresting her father, screaming "Kill yourself Daddy! Kill yourself!"
Mira continues her tirade: "As for me, I have been accused of ordering killings. Nonsense! Such claims degrade intelligence.
"Now I fully expect to be accused of starting the war in Chechnya, of causing low temperatures in Siberia and the floods in India. It's all stupid.
"They've even stopped paying me my salary as a university professor."
But while Mira bemoans her financial state, investigators believe the Milosevics plundered as much as pounds 3billion, which now lies hidden in accounts across the world.
INVESTIGATORS say that cash was leaving Belgrade on an almost-daily basis in briefcases, diplomatic bags and sacks.
The loot was buried in "front companies", laundered and passed back into the banking system.
According to a German intelligence report: "There is considerable evidence indicating that Milosevic and his entourage constitute a crime structure engaged in drug dealing, money laundering and other criminal acts."
The boss of Yugoslav airline JAT was murdered in 1999, allegedly because he knew too much about how his airline shipped the cash.
But there is little chance of proving it against a man and a regime that took pains never to leave a paper-trail and that always shifted blame on to underlings.
Milosevic oversaw mass murder, mass rape, mass theft.
Now he sits in jail, munching a Big Mac, cursing the Americans whom, he says, financed his downfall.
And all the while, his wife whines that he should be allowed back to the comfort of loved ones.
It is an astounding arrogance that this heartless man, abetted by a heartless woman, can demand as much.
Astounding, but scarcely surprising.
CHANGING ROOMS: On the left, the lavish Hyatt hotel the Milosevics were having built to house their new Presidential Palace. On the right, Belgrade's Central Prison where the fallen dictator languishes in a tiny cell; HEARTLESS: Mira shows no remorse and defends her 'innocent' husband; LOYAL: Marija delivers burger; ARROGANCE: Mira says she is penniless - despite her husband's vast fortune; BRUTE: Marko Milosevic
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In addition to creatureology, students also attend classes on spells and enchantments specifically designed to communicate with magical animals. These spells enable students to understand and interact with creatures in a way that goes beyond traditional human-animal relationships. The School of Magical Animals is also renowned for its emphasis on ethical treatment and conservation of magical animals. Students participate in hands-on activities and projects that promote the protection and preservation of these creatures and their habitats. There are regular field trips to magical forests and sanctuaries where students can observe magical animals in their natural environments. Another unique aspect of this school is the close bond that forms between students and their animal companions. Each student is assigned a magical animal as a familiar, a life-long companion with whom they share a deep and unbreakable connection. These familiars assist students in developing their magical skills and provide emotional support throughout their journey at the school. The School of Magical Animals has produced many extraordinary individuals who have gone on to become respected magical animal experts, conservationists, and even renowned spellcasters. It continues to be a place of wonder and discovery for those who have the privilege of attending. Overall, the School of Magical Animals is a place where the extraordinary becomes ordinary, and where students learn to appreciate and respect the magic that exists within all living beings. It is a testament to the power of compassion, curiosity, and the enduring bond between humans and animals..
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