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modrepub Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 03:39 AM
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Wild horses munch desolate marshland back to life
By Paul Majendie
12 minutes ago


CANTERBURY (Reuters) - Close to the cathedral city of Canterbury, wild horses linked to sinister Nazi experiments are helping to bring wildlife and rare birds back to once desolate marshlands.

In an intriguing ecological exercise that could revitalize the countryside, naturalistic grazing is the environmental buzzword -- the horses basically munch the marshes back to life.

The hardy Koniks, bred in Poland from the now extinct European Tarpan, are superbly adapted to living on wetlands and revitalize reed beds as they graze.

They were brought to Britain in a project run by the city council in Canterbury and the Wildwood Trust, whose nearby animal discovery park attracts 100,000 visitors a year.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070413/sc_nm/horses_dc;_ylt=AphiHkZDygt6Ex7aacxQ._TMWM0F
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lligrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 03:53 AM
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1. Ugh, As A Horse Lover
I could have done without the darkside. I am already imagining white supremisists buying these horses for their heritage. Nice to see the horses getting to live freely and helping the environment. And I can't help enjoy thinking how the neocon right nazis are rolling in their graves or White House beds over the horses "freedoms".
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modrepub Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 03:57 AM
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2. Animals
not responsible for what humans do.
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lligrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 04:08 AM
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3. Very True
and I am very happy for the horses and the environment.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 05:13 AM
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4. yeah!! -- what a beautiful story.
nature working as it should.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 07:19 AM
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5. those horses are destroying the wetlands! that would break a law
here wouldn't it?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-13-07 10:31 AM
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6. Discharge of fill or clean water standards, maybe
:shrug:
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