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Father Oliver Learmont is in trouble with his parishioners and neighbours. He owns a dog which has been nicknamed Horrible Hector. The dog attacked a parishioner’s pet dog leaving the owner with a £7000 veterinary bill. Horrible Hector is a large cross breed or random …
Elena Thorman had aspirations of a career in the army before she was thrown from a polo pony, Harri, while she was a groom employed by Catherine Lamacraft. Harri was part of the England team that beat the USA in the Silver Jubilee Cup at …
A photographer, Augustin Lignier, based in Paris, decided on an experiment with rats to test addiction and enlighten us about social media addiction. Two rats were placed in a specialist kind of cage called a Skinner Box. The rats were initially given sugar together with …
This story appeals to me because almost every day I walk in Richmond Park which as you might know is famous for its deer. I always keep a respectful distance from them. If you approach closer than about 25 feet, they become nervous and walk …
In June, 2022, I wrote about a judge extending a ban on bullfighting in Mexico City. Mexico is the largest venue for bullfighting outside of Spain. The administrators of the bullfighting arena, La Plaza Mexico, protested and they called on the fans to protest the …
I was struck today in reading The Times that “No one has ever been able to pinpoint where they are born, nor has anyone seen a newborn white shark alive”. The words are those of Carlos Gauna, a shark photographer. He regards his photograph of …
The Times reports on a study published online on the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity website. The study title is: “Longitudinal effects of dog ownership, dog acquisition, and dog loss on children’s movement behaviours: findings from the PLAYCE cohort study.” That’s a …
Former president, Jimmy Carter, is still alive remarkably and he is in his hundredth year. It seems that his true legacy is to almost eradicate or at least reduce enormously the incidence of the infestation of African people by the guinea worm. The Times reports …
Chris Packham, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Amanda Holden, and others have asked Iridium, a GPS firm, to halt real-time GPS tracking because it’s being used to overfish yellowfin tuna. My understanding is that Iridium’s GPS devices communicate with Fish Aggregating Devices which allows fishing fleets to …
