human animal relationship

Horses recognise when we are happy or sad

Horses can tell when we are happy or sad by our facial expression and voice

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A scientific study recently published online conducted by researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, concluded that horses can distinguish between the human facial expressions of sadness and joy and they can combine that visual appreciation with the sound of our voice. The study is called: “Horses discriminate between human facial and vocal expressions …

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Trejos and Sam

Retired man burned to death protecting his friend’s dog in the back of his car in the Hawaii wildfires

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You might have heard of the Hawaii wildfires. Specifically, they were on the island of Maui. They’ve claimed 96 lives so far. Jeff Bogar lived on the island. He is a retired Maui fire captain. His close friend was Franklin Trejos. All the accounts say that Trejos was a really good man. He looked after …

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The real Beauty and the Beast – the ugly sport hunter

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I have used the well-known title of a film to highlight the stark juxtaposition of this ugly sport hunter both in appearance and character against the beauty and innocence of the delicate and tiny antelope that he shot for his pleasure; a dik-dik. To me – and I detest sport hunters – it brings home …

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Eurasian Blue tit

Chasing a woman? You might be able to learn from blue tits!

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A study published in the journal Nature Communications authored by Javier Sierro discovered that the successful male blue tit chasing a female sex was persistent in repeating their call and also able to switch to a different tune and then repeat it consistently, too. There appears to be two elements to success in attracting a …

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Moths are important pollinators

What would happen without pollinators? The humble moth is an unsung pollinating hero!

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When people think of pollinators they normally think of bees. That’s because we enjoy seeing them in the daytime pollinating plants. But bees are under stress from insecticides and industrial farming. The numbers are falling. Without the pollination of bees all the plants that they pollinate would be lost. The BBC says that a world …

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Speciesism

Everyone needs to learn about speciesism and ask tough questions

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Is speciesism at the root of the human-to-animal problem; the abuse and cruelty? And, from my perspective, there is a problem with our relationship with animals. Not all of it is bad that’s obvious because there are hundreds of millions of great people who are compassionate towards animals and who don’t suffer from the affliction …

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Plan 75

Voluntary state-administered mass euthanasia of the elderly will improve the planet and benefit wildlife

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Celebrated actress Chieko Baishô plays an elderly woman who signs up for a government initiative encouraging senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanised to counter the challenges of a super-aged society. Plan 75 is a Japanese film which paints a plausible vision in the near future of mass, state-administered euthanasia. In the extract the concept looks …

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Bingi the pigeon

Pigeons are great. Don’t treat them as pests and vermin

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A lot of people, perhaps most people, treat pigeons as pest and vermin. They don’t like the fact that they defecate. They don’t like the fact that there are lots of them. They don’t like the fact that they are successful. Humans don’t like other animals to be as successful as them. And on the …

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Toque macaque

China has Sri Lanka in a debt stranglehold forcing them to export 100,000 macaque monkeys for lab testing

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NEWS AND COMMENT/OPINION: In my view, this is a terrible example of how humankind has totally screwed up its relationship with animals. In this instance two parties, Sri Lanka and China, are the miscreants. They are the bad boys. Sri Lanka has got into a terrible debt with China. But then China likes to loan …

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Mutual respect between wolf and woman

A wolf made this woman part of her pack

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I love this video. And to think people are scared or wolves and that they have a bad reputation. And that they were hunted to near extinction. What is the matter with people? European settlers to the USA brought with them all their baggage including a hatred of the wolf. So, they persecuted them and …

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Gervais and his cat

Ricky Gervais thinks we live far too long and he can’t wait for humanity to be wiped out

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Watching Ricky Gervais talk on this chat show is quite uncomfortable. His comedy is uncomfortable. It is a mixture of seriousness and comedy. I find it hard to watch sometimes. I don’t find it particularly funny either. I think a lot of people would agree with me. He does it deliberately. He makes jokes about …

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Reason why horse is so popular

2 reasons why the horse was and is so popular

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The reasons why the horse has been and continues to be so popular is firstly because of their temperament which is based upon their sociability. In the wild they have a naturally sociable lifestyle. They cooperate with each other. This cooperation between horses in the wild is transformed into a cooperation between the horse and …

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Horse riding 5,000 years ago

When did people start riding horses?

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When did horse riding begin? You will see slightly different answers from different sources so we are unsure. However, there’s a nice article in The Times today which I think sheds some light on this question. The author of that article, Kaya Burgess, states that the first cowboys existed about 5,000 years ago. It is …

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