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• Contest pairs horse trainers with wild mustangs
On this day, the horses were not from breeders but rather the Western range — separated from their wild origins by only a few months of training. Faced with a surplus of wild horses, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and its nonprofit partner, the ...
• Horse moms tend to be nicer to sons
Cameron, director of the Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and her colleagues made the determination after studying wild horses in New Zealand. Known as Kaimanawa, these horses live in year-round bands consisting ...
• Don’t get caught in Web of bogus security alerts
It’s often an easy way to install Trojan horses — programs that will secretly download more malicious software onto your computer. An extensive problem Scareware isn’t new, but the problem is rapidly getting worse. A just-released “Rogue ...
• Dude ranches: Vacation in wide open spaces
This is still a working ranch, breeding Appaloosa horses, according to "Activities." It advertises native trout streams and wilderness for trail rides. "Kids will forget TV," they promise in the description of children's activities. If you know ...
• Mmm, rodents! China feasts on rat infestation
It is high time something is done about it." Erfurt Zoo, home to lions, elephants and giraffes as well as horses, donkeys, sheep and goats, declined to comment. So if you're vacationing in Germany this summer and your bratwurst tastes a bit gamey, now ...