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Monday, March 29, 2010

Budweiser Clydesdales continue to touch the hearts of Superbowl spectators

Guaranteed to make you feel all warm and gooey inside, the latest Budweiser super bowl advert is just as cute as its previous editions.

While there had been some doubt whether the Clydesdale advert would be shown, the overwhelming support the facebook campaign received ensured that tradition was followed and the Clydesdale advert was shown at this year's (2010) super bowl.

Normally involving several Clydesdales in some kind of country setting, the adverts generally touch on aspects of love, competition, heritage and perseverance in wonderfully sweet and humorous stories that the Clydesdales appear to act out in a touchingly natural way.

Previous adverts have included a 'Rocky' themed commercial with a Clydesdale in training to pull the infamous Budweiser wagon and another has involved a Clydesdale which has fallen in love with a circus horse and runs away to look for her.

Now an iconic part of Budweiser's advert campaign, the much adored heavy horses show the strong regard that is still held for the traditional values that the adverts portray.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wild ponies released to increase Kent's biodiversity

Any keen gardener could quickly tell you the great benefits horse manure gives to plant-life. Great for providing natural fertiliser rich in nutrients and as a living lawnmower, herds of horses are now being deployed in several parts of the country to help revive nature reserves.

Kent is the latest area to benefit from these organic lawn mowers as a herd of wild horses is to be released into the South Foreland Valley nature reserve at St Margaret's Bay near Dover.

The project is a collaboration between conservation groups, The Wildwood Trust and White Cliffs Countryside Project as well as St Margaret's parish council. The organisations are hoping that the ponies will help increase biodiversity in the region.

Currently, important species of plants and insects occupying the site are under threat unless the area is grazed by animals.

The horses to be released were brought over from Holland four years ago and are the closest living relatives of the extinct tarpan, the wild forest horse which roamed Britain in prehistoric times.

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