by Suzanne Grandt | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog, Suzanne Grandt
News of the devastating Australian bushfires has faded from the front pages thanks to heavy rainfall, but in the wake of reports of 136 fires in the state of New South Wales alone, smoke reaching across the ocean to New Zealand, and Kangaroo Valley reduced to little...
by Suzanne Grandt | Dec 23, 2019 | animals, Blog, Suzanne Grandt
Like many species before it, the bluebuck species breathed its last at the turn of the 18th century. Though this large, beautiful animal was known to be in decline, European settlers to the plains of South Africa hunted this species to extinction. The last known...
by Suzanne Grandt | Nov 29, 2019 | animals, Blog, Suzanne Grandt
The dodo was a flightless bird that once thrived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The bird was said to have been first encountered by Dutch explorers in 1598; although the island was visited by the Portuguese in 1507, records show no mention of the...
by Suzanne Grandt | Nov 5, 2019 | animals, Blog, Suzanne Grandt
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, more than 28,000 species of animals across the world are in danger of becoming extinct. Among those is the black rhino. One type of black rhinoceros, the Western...
by Suzanne Grandt | Oct 3, 2019 | animals, Blog, Suzanne Grandt
The use of animals in movies has become such a common occurrence that many people often forget that the animals are actually actors. In movies such as Marley and Me and Homeward Bound, animals are even the main characters. In the past, many animal actors were placed...
