Five areas were considered this week in a series of posts about the number of wild horses that have been displaced from public lands by privately owned livestock. Saylor Creek HMA – 933 Warm Springs HMA – 1,616 Devil’s Garden WHT – 1,309 Silver King HMA – 2,004 Twin Peaks HMA – 2,265 Yep, 8,127 …
#OTD in 1913 – Irish-American, Henry Ford, institutes the first moving assembly line for the auto industry. — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” –Henry Ford Henry Ford’s father, William Ford, was born in Co Cork and was one of many to emigrate from Ireland due to poverty and hunger (An Gorta Mór). Ford visited Ireland in 1912, 65… via …
But Officer, I’ve Never Been Able To Walk A Straight Line. — Through Open Lens
F/5.6, 1/280, ISO 500. Atlantic Ghost Crab Why is there only one Yogi Bear? Because when they tried to make another one, they made a Boo-Boo. Interesting Fact: Crabs of this species usually engage in a combat that is non-contact. The combat style is more ritualistic in style and ends in contact in very rare […] …
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But Officer, I’ve Never Been Able To Walk A Straight Line. — Through Open Lens
F/5.6, 1/280, ISO 500. Atlantic Ghost Crab Why is there only one Yogi Bear? Because when they tried to make another one, they made a Boo-Boo. Interesting Fact: Crabs of this species usually engage in a combat that is non-contact. The combat style is more ritualistic in style and ends in contact in very rare […] …
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2 Dozen Wild Pigs Tear up Bay Area Parks, Lawns in Search of Food — KTLA
An official says more than two dozen wild pigs have been ripping up a San Francisco Bay Area city’s community park, soccer fields, lawns and landscaping all over town looking for food. Jonathan Katayanagi, Lafayette’s director of parks, tells the East Bay Times feral hogs have been spotted on occasion in Lafayette for at least …
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We need more snow geese — Birds of New England.com
You didn’t think I was going to post one snow goose photo and leave it at that, did you? Here’s the link to my previous post on snow geese in which I mention that New England, for the most part, misses out (but not by much) on the massive snow goose migrations. I found these […] …
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Where the sage grows tall — nature has no boss
A Fine looking Bull Elk peeking out from the sagebrush on an early October day. Eating all he can before the rut begins in earnest. We wish him well and a bit of luck when needed. via Where the sage grows tall — nature has no boss
Slaughter of U.S. horses in Canada — Tuesday’s Horse
In a phone call to the CFIA, we were told that just under 24,000 U.S. horses were slaughtered in Canada in 2018. See the overall numbers of horses slaughtered in Canadian plants for 2008 through 2016 here. Also in 2018, we found that nearly 66,000 U.S. horses were transported to Mexico for slaughter. TAKE ACTION […] …
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Trump’s agriculture secretary warns: Family farms may not survive — NBC News Top Stories
"In America, the big get bigger and the small go out," Sonny Perdue said via Trump's agriculture secretary warns: Family farms may not survive — NBC News Top Stories
Confused Deer With Great Sense of Direction Gets Trapped in an Italian Resort Shop — TIME
(ROME) — A dazed and confused deer has stormed into a clothing store in the fashionable mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, on the Italian Dolomites, blocking the local shopping street for a few hours before been saved and freed. Local authorities said Tuesday that the deer, estimated to be 4 or 5 years old, entered… via …
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