They decided against dog houses because they think it is cruel? I read that in another topic too. If that's true, I think they should reconsider. It's very humane to give your dogs a little house outside, so that when they are playing in the yard, they can shelter inside from the sun in summer, if it rains, if they get stressed from neighbors in adjacent yards, or hear other dogs barking. They should have a sheltered space to retreat to, just like in nature. It is good for their physical and mental health to have a little den of their own outside as well as inside the home.
I would love an Africa inspired world, but if it's a safari, I hope we will have cars, so the Sims can ride little open safari jeeps and have lions jump in the cars and eat some of them. :wink: The death can drop a little lion paw shaped gravestone and create ghosts that haunt or scare pet cats in anger...