Thank you Matt for this spectacular oddity from Adam Curtis at the BBC. In 1982, Libya held an international showjumping contest that featured top British riders and a thousand-strong Bedouin “fantasia”. Head-tossing barb horses in embroidered bridles, a dictator at the height of his powers and one very dour Yorkshireman, who really does not want …
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I’m usually sceptical about “horses stolen for meat” stories (unless they come from Florida), but this one rings true. A Romanian has been arrested in connection with the theft of several draft horses in eastern France, allegedly for the slaughter trade. Some of the horses were already being raised for meat. (The Horse) The English …
… donkeys are being credited by a rebel leader in Libya for helping to free the besieged town of Gharyan earlier this year. Walid Danna told the Guardian this week that rebels had been forced to load donkeys with supplies as the only way to reach fighters trapped inside the town. “When you feed a …
