It won’t be 100% certain until the lab results are in but it appears at least 11 cattle have died from nitrate poisoning licking forestry fertilizer off the landings east of Quesnel. This is not glyphosate, for the record, but regular old fertilizer. It is paid for by taxpayers by the Ministry of Forests …
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Romance Books
Romance’s first advantage is its flexibility. The category is not a monolith but a broad network of interlinked subgenres, which rise and fall in popularity as readers’ tastes shift. Right now “romantasy” is huge, and “sports romances” are in. “Historicals” are on the wane; “dark romance,” potentially on the rise. These changes are often cyclical, …
Elephant Fire Victim
Elephant badly burned in fire in Etosha Park, Namibia. A rather heart breaking pic of the suffering fire can cause. It not an accident that flame throwers and their users were reviled in wars with no mercy shown.
Horses Book
I lost touch with some reviews or other info that caught my eye but this new book sounds interesting for horse lovers. By chance, I saw this Monday and read the pages on Horses in WWII. It was very good on the myth that the Nazis were mechanized when in reality they were dependant on …
Jim Corbett Books
Content inside appear to be the same as the other Raymond Sheppard edition, just alternative cover artwork. Jim Corbett Books The feed popped this up today and I was surprised there was a Sheppard cover I was unaware of. A really good one, too. I love how they fit Corbett onto the spine. It is …
Scottish Artist Rob Mulholland
The Amazing Haunting Mirror Sculptures in the forest by Scottish Artist Rob Mulholland . Rob Mulholland (born 1962 ) is an environmental sculpture artist that lives and works Stirlingshire, Scotland . The figures in 2009 absorb their environment – reflecting in their surface the daily changes of life in the forest. The installation of six …
Bad Sheep
In its native North Africa, the aoudad (or Barbary sheep) is classified as a vulnerable species due to declining numbers. However, in the American Southwest, where it was introduced primarily for hunting, the aoudad population has thrived and is now considered an invasive species. The population explosion of aoudad has had a significant negative …
Bear Brouhaha
There’s something you don’t see every day! Black bears in the Torngats are trying to fatten for winter and it is extremely hard to do there so they take risks. This was definitely a big risk. Torngat Mountains visitor gets front row seat as black bear fights polar bear
Jane Goodall ( 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025)
Dame Jane Morris Goodall ( born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025 The end of an era. She loved the Larson cartoon.
Young Goshawk?
Great pic.