Tag: Crufts
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Raising Hare; Starmer etc. Crufts; Protists; Asimov; Rewilding; EIA – whaling and porpoises
I was recommended Raising Hare, the heart warming true story of an unlikely friendship, by Chloe Dalton, Canongate, 2025, by a friend’s mother. I was worried that it would be a story of a well-meaning amateur doing more harm than good but that was entirely a false assumption. Dalton is always respectful, mindful, thoughtful and…
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Oz magazine, Crufts, Penguins and litter-picking
My memories of Oz were triggered as I was browsing through the many profiles of antiquarian booksellers by Sheila Markham, created for the periodicals Bookdealer and The Book Collector. The profile in question is that of Carl Williams, a specialist in counterculture. He relates having sold a collection of protest posters to Felix Dennis, art…
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British Wildlife magazine February 2025 on lead shot; fox hunting and more protest news
Volume 36, Number 4 There is invariably a superb photo on the cover, but this issue also has the text “An End in Sight for lead Ammunition?”, which is the opening editorial piece by Ruth Cromie. We have known about the toxicity of lead for over 2,000 years and its very severe effects on wildlife…
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Crufts and flat-faced dogs
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have protested at Crufts, on one occasion being met with physical violence from security people. They are calling for and end to the senseless “canine beauty pageant” and the demeaning behaviours the dogs are forced to perform. In particular they are drawing attention to flat-faced or brachycephalic…