Webinar: Donkeys as Agents of Drought Resilience YouTube video by HERD Group

"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
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#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids

A visual signal to achieve joint attention in wild plains zebras, Equus quagga Joint attention, the ability for interlocuters to coordinate their attentional state on an aspect of the environment or behaviour of mutual interest, …

Want to learn more about zebra headbobs? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Also check out the #AnimalAstroPhotography with zebras:
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#AnimalCognitionFunFacts #AnimalAstroPhotography #InternationalZebraDay #Zebras #Equids

January 31 is International Zebra Day. Animal Cognition Fun Facts by Animal Cognition Network.

January 31 is International Zebra Day 🦓

Did you know that plains zebras use a visual gesture called a "headbob" to establish joint attention? Joint attention was once considered to be unique to humans and primates.

#AnimalCognitionFunFacts #AnimalAstroPhotography #InternationalZebraDay #Equids

A Hybrid Hoofprint: How an Early Iron Age Mule Redraws the Map of Mediterranean Exchange A newly analyzed equid from Catalonia hints that hybrid animal breeding, long tied to later empires, had deeper and more complex roots in the western Mediterranean.

An early Iron Age mule from Catalonia pushes hybrid equid breeding in Europe back centuries. Its bones reveal trade networks, local innovation, and a rapidly changing Mediterranean world. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #IronAge #Equids www.anthropology.net/p/a-hybrid-h...

Working Equids in Disasters: Local Concerns and Inspirations Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys is an international animal welfare charity dedicated to improving the lives of working equids, including during and after disasters. Now, Brooke seeks to p...

Open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals

different European countries 🐴 🔬

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106463

Authors: Jesús Barbero, David Cano, Ignacio García, Mª Ángeles Risalde, Moisés Gonzálvez

#research #leishmaniosis #equids #IFAT #scientificcollaboration

Just-published #PhotoEssay:
"Working #equids supporting women's #DisasterRiskManagement"
doi.org/10.1108/DPM-...

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #WorkingAnimals #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals

Parasite of the Month: #Trypanosoma #equiperdum, the #etiological agent of #dourine, a disease specific to #equids ( #horses #mules #donkeys ) transmitted through #coitus, authored by P. Hervé, F. Bringaud & L. Rivière @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social

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🌍 #Extinct #Equids:

#Quagga: Subspecies of plains #zebra, extinct since 1800s.

#StiltLeggedHorse: North American species, long limbs.

#Tarpan: Wild #horse of Europe, extinct in the 19th century.

Ancient Equids: Early ancestors like #Hyracotherium (dawn horse).🐴

#Extinction #Equine #Evolution 🌟

🌍 Living #Equids:

#Donkeys: Hardy, used for carrying loads.

#Hinny: Rare hybrid of male horse + female donkey.

#Horses: Sleek, used for riding/racing.

#Mules: Sterile hybrid of male donkey + female horse.

#PrzewalskisHorse: Endangered, Central Asia.

#Zebras: Striped, wild, untamed🐴

#Equine

Researching equids and disaster risk management Guest Contribution by Ilan Kelman, University College London, UK and University of Agder, Norway. Working horses, donkeys and mules are essential for the communities, environments, and livelihoods of ...

"Researching equids and disaster risk management"
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With Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys and Gemma Carder.

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Equids #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #Animals #AnimalsInDisasters

Met up with another donkey in AZ
#donkeys #equids

Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective In recent decades, the integration of horses (Equus ferus) in European rewilding initiatives has gained widespread popularity due to their potential for regulating vegetation and restoring natural ec...

Rewilded #horses in European nature #conservation -a genetics, ethics & welfare perspective 🐎- see our interdisciplinary synthesis across scientists and practitioners onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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#rewilding #megafauna #horse #equus #equids #restoration #animalwelfare #animalethics

Apparently yesterday was #InternationalZebraDay! Zebras are my favourite African herbivore - there's a story about them in my new book! Here's a suckling foal I encountered in the Serengeti. #zebras #equids #mammals #animals #wildlife

Wait ... what? 🐴😯

S. D. Domínguez-Solera et al., #Equids can also make #StoneArtefacts, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 40(Part A), December 2021. 🔓

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