Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is another tickborne disease. Despite its name, it has spread throughout North and South America. RMSF is carried by the American Dog Tick, the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick and the Brown Dog Tick. The ticks bite small mammals, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, etc. who are infected with the disease, a bacterium known […]
In the heyday of the Western, the horses cowboys rode were as famous as their riders. Hopalong Cassidy played by William Boyd rode a white Arabian stallion named Topper. Hopalong’s original horse was King Nappy, but when injured, Topper took over. Clayton Moore played the part of “The Lone Ranger” in early TV. Many of […]
Originally the American Bakshir Curly Horse was thought to be the descendant of the Russian Bashkir horse of Bashkortostan, but this was proven untrue, although it still carries that name. Also known as the North American Curly Horse and American Curly Horse, research has shown that Lokai breed of Tayikistan carries the curly coat more […]
