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CBS Returns to Devil’s Garden — Western Horse Watchers Association
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cd0CLaEbICY?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Four thousand was the number the Forest Service was throwing around last year before the roundup. Then they removed one thousand horses. A 20% growth rate would put the herd at 3,600 this year. But when this year’s roundup was announced, there were 1,800 horses at the WHT, from which 500 were removed. So …
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Dreaming rábanos dreams — View From Casita Colibrí
Noche de Rábanos is coming and, while I’m shivering in California, I’m dreaming warm Rábanos, Totomoxtle, and Flor Inmortal dreams. This year promises to be bigger than ever — so big, the exhibition and competition have been extended to two days. December 22, 2019 will be reserved for Flor Inmortal, Totomoxtle, and, in the morning, […] …
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Feel Good Sunday: The Advocate, the Guard and the Force of the Horse at Christmas — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Excerpt from the book “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” by R.T. Fitch A Christmas Story for the Wild Ones Reprint from December 11, 2010: He checked the time again. Not an easy maneuver as he had to take his right glove off, shove up the left cuff of his parka, peel back the wrist band […] …
Guam Rail back after 40 years of extinction in the wild — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
From the CNN article: Almost four decades after completely disappearing from the wild, a bird that had survived only in captivity now roams freely on two tropical islands.The Guam rail’s native home is a remote, 212-square-mile island in the Pacific Ocean, half way between Australia and Japan. Read the entire article, with photos, maps and […] …
Baby It’s Cold Outside! — Through Open Lens
F/8.0,1/250, ISO 400. Northern Cardinal Male Why did Scrooge keep a pet lamb? Because it would say, “Baaaaahh humbug!” Interesting Fact: Look for Northern Cardinals in dense shrubby areas such as forest edges, overgrown fields, hedgerows, backyards, marshy thickets, mesquite, regrowing forest, and ornamental landscaping. Cardinals nest in dense foliage and look for conspicuous, fairly …
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Sask. researchers explore impacts of human-animal bond on inmates in new magazine — Regina Leader-Post
Physically deformed because of his crimes, it's difficult for this particular inmate to interact with people without fear of judgement. Read More via Sask. researchers explore impacts of human-animal bond on inmates in new magazine — Regina Leader-Post
Seed sowing, a departure — garden ruminations
I have been a member of the Alpine Garden Society for a very long time and every year they produce a most impressive seed list which for one reason or another, I’ve never had anything from. This year that changed, I dipped my toe into the 5621 items on the list, picked my allocation of […] …
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The See-Through Church of Borgloon — Discovering Belgium
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnNxNFtLsyw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This literally open air steel sculpture is a fascinating and thought-provoking work of art via The See-Through Church of Borgloon — Discovering Belgium
California panel finds no criminal activity linked to horse deaths at Santa Anita Park — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN A task force that looked into scores of horse deaths at California’s Santa Anita Park found no animal cruelty or criminal activity, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said Thursday. The number of horses that were being euthanized or dying after accidents at the famed facility gained […] …
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