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New Hampshire Glossary: Ear Marks
ear marks - a "mark" or distinctive pattern was placed on a domestic animal's ear... by its owner to ... Continue reading →
View ArticleNew Hampshire’s State Animal: white tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
In 1983 New Hampshire officially named the white-tailed deer (also known as the Virginia deer) as its official state animal. ... Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Lucky Elephant and Benson Wild Animal Farm of Hudson, New Hampshire
A few months ago there was a flurry of stories about the large concrete elephant at Tufts University having finally fallen apart, with a new (and different) one being constructed to replace it. The...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Tidbits: Buffalo, Elk, Fox, Deer; Baynes, Atwood, Coit, Means
A word of warning: this is a complicated story, with numerous tangents. It starts with postcards that I recently acquired of wild animals, photographed around 1906 at Corbin Park in Grantham NH, by the...
View ArticleHuman and Animal Rights Advocate, Cheshire County NH Deputy Sheriff Jennie...
The Boston Sunday Globe newspaper called her “a fearless woman.” At her death the National Humane review said of her: “For in all the state there was no one like Jennie Belle Powers. Mrs. Powers was...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Tidbits: Beware the Little Red Devil in the Tree Above
Depending on where you live in the United States you may call these furry creatures: tiny beasts, chickarees, fairy diddles, cute, squacks, pests, little red devils, pine squirrels, red squirrels, or...
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