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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot

4 The Love Of Animals

In the United Kingdom, farriers need to be registered according to the Farriers (Registration) Act of 1975. Many organizations exist throughout the United Kingdom to assist farriers and people desiring to be farriers to become registered and remain well educated through classes, training and competitions.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Falcon Thief is the sometimes exciting, sometimes horrifying story of Jeffrey Lendrum, an African-born adventurer who has been arrested multiple times for raptor egg and chick poaching and smuggling in southern Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. Lendrum is charismatic and obsessed.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Britain & Ireland — A Review of the Book

10,000 Birds

Crossley has wisely positioned his series as an educational resource, to be used as much at home as in the field. Abundance information–number of birds in the UK–is taken from the paper “ Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom” by A.

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