Busy Birdie Pastimes

For Keito, there's no place more entertaining it seems then linen closets.  She chortles, struts and preens when in them. Here she is enjoying the bathroom cupboard... silly, sweet girl. Shortly after our fun with the towels, it was Keito the Klingon time - she spotted something out the window and clung tight to mom …

Friday Farm Favorites: Welcome Sweet Woollies — fourth generation farmgirl

(Left to right) Tino (lying down), Butter Bean, Sweetpea, and Truffle Farmguy and I recently welcomed four Scottish Blackface lambs to our flock of eight sheep. Sadly, we had to say goodbye in December and February to our gentle woollies, Violet and Fern. While we will greatly miss as well as remember the original […] via …

Stay Tuned… — The Jaguar

I do not usually publish ‘stay tuned’ alerts on this blog, but this time I must. I am working on a post that has me truly excited, because it features an individual whose work has been a primary source of inspiration for me for many years. While I was studying mental health counseling at Cleveland […] …

Typical AEP Response!!! — The Wild Horses of Alberta Society

To say that here at WHOAS we are upset with the AEP and government opposition to the wild horses is putting it mildly. A couple of weeks ago we stepped in to rescue a whole herd of 11 wild horses, including two foals, that were trapped on some private land. It was no fault of […] …

The Complexities of Perceptions about Jaguars’ Impacts on Human Livelihoods — The Jaguar

Introduction Drs. Silvio Marchini and David Macdonald have just released a fascinating new study about the human dimensions of jaguar (Panthera onca) conservation in Brazil. Long-time readers of The Jaguar and its Allies may remember these authors. In 2015, I shared an article of theirs that used the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985) to …

Kentucky Woman Branded ‘White American Savage’ After Posing With Dead Giraffe She Shot — TIME

Her actions are symbolic of a society that seems content to descend into hatred, intolerance, barbarism and almost total lack of compassion for animals or fellow citizen.  Killing a giraffe with a high-powered weapon doesn't take much skill and certainly no discernible level of intelligence. It does take a lust for death, destruction and an …