I was thrilled to spot this very pretty filly in the midst of a band of wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota on 10 August 2022. If you look closely, you’ll see that she has incredible blue eyes. I think that this baby horse may be named Dreamer, born on 2 […]

Baby’s got blue eyes — Mike Powell

You may have noticed that I rather like taking pictures of doors, especially Greek doors. In 1998 I visited the island of Rhodes and bought this collection of postcards… George Meis is now a very famous Greek photographer whose work is available everywhere.  In 1998 he was just starting out and his work was restricted […]

Postcards of Greek Doors — Have Bag, Will Travel

Two of these images show a loon with its mouth open but it made no sound so that made me wonder, do loons yawn?

Do Loons Yawn? — My Everyday Photos

An estimated 250 wild horses have been displaced from their lawful home in the Pine Nut Mountains HA by permitted grazing. The HA has a resource management problem, not a wild horse problem, yet the advocates are going after the horses. “We’re changing the way wild horse herds are managed, not their land.” That means […]

Foal-Free Friday, Changing the Way They’re Managed Edition — Western Horse Watchers Association

THE IVORY COAST The slaughter and export of donkeys has been banned in Ivory Coast (also known as Côte d’Ivoire) following an announcement by the government earlier this month (13 July). In recent years, hundreds of thousands of donkeys across Africa have been slaughtered for their skins due to rising Chinese demand for ejiao, a […]

Donkey slaughter ban a ‘historic decision for whole species’ — Tuesday’s Horse

All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis. That’s one of the findings in a new, Yale-led study in the journal Nature that explores the evolutionary underpinnings of the avian hip bone. It is also a modern-day nod to the dramatic transformation that led from dinosaurs to birds over tens of millions of years.

Birds & Dinosaurs – Joined at the Hip | Yale News — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG

BLM in fiscal 2021 removed 13,666 animals, the most in at least 20 years, bureau records show. by Scott Streater | 07/26/2022 01:30 PM EDT E&E NEWS reports: There’s more trouble on the horizon for the Bureau of Land Management’s embattled wild horse and burro adoption incentive program. The American Wild Horse Campaign today released […]

Documents show BLM wild horses sold to slaughter, advocates say — Tuesday’s Horse

Los Angeles Animal Services wants you to bring home a new four-legged family member, so they are holding their first-ever adoption event at Dodger Stadium this Saturday and reducing fees to make that happen. The agency will be setting up an off-site adoption center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Dodgers Center Field…

L.A. Animal Services to hold 1st-ever pet adoption event at Dodger Stadium — KTLA

By William E. Simpson II “Below is an open letter written by Bill Simpson; the reason that it appears here is quite simple…I agree with him. Both Terry and I have chased the BLM around our western states attempting to stop their bloody and illegal war against our wild equids utilizing every legal weapon we […]

A Candid Conversation & Hard Love With Select Wild Horse Advocates — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Today we have a guest blog from Dr. Stan da Prato, a Keep Scotland Beautiful judge and editor of the Caledonian Gardener. There is now considerable public support for our bees, and awareness they are in decline and that pollination services are important economically.  Garden centres regularly feature ‘bee friendly’ plants in their sales areas. Amateur gardeners are keen to do their bit. The […]

It’s not just bees and butterflies on your flowers  — Scottish pollinators