Archive for July, 2008

breaking news: US Navy recruits goats to neutralise invaders

Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 by hubricant

I don’t usually write about politics, and am even more reluctant to engage in though about american goings-on. I feel that this story here has to be publicised as it involves animals, and the US navy and a tiny bit of pseudo-environmentalism thrown in. Curious? follow the link and let me know what you think.

On a different note, and returning to lions: do have a look at the Asiatic Lion blog. What Kishore and his team lack in eloquence they make up for in persistence to say the least. Despite unsubscribing quite some time ago, I still get updated regularly on the ups and downs of the Gir lion population. If you can’t beat them, join them. There are some parallels with lion conservation here, but generally their conditions are quite different. I’d like to take a closer look at this when I have more time later this week.


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Retraction

Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 by hubricant

It seems that I stand corrected… Kenya has public art. I just don’t recognise it. Thanks for the link, npabari.

I particularly liked the post containing the amorphous “spectrum of engagement with the issues surrounding public art” phrase.

On a slightly different topic: my miscreant barbarian provinciality leads me to ask, where is the national art gallery of Kenya? Is there one?

in the name of science…

Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 by hubricant

This smacks of leech therapy to me… I particularly like the fact that someone has started a clinic, where they charge 3,900 to be infected with parasites. Unbelievable.