Just like Labrador Retrievers, Foxhounds do reflect the purpose and climates in which they were bred. Additionally, the diversity of terrain and prey in the U.S. requires the breeding of hounds that can physically excel where they will be hunted.

Many RFHH Facebook followers may have seen the photo that Mary Wayman snapped of the bat over the lintel at the Lindeman Teahouse on Boxing Day. He was clearly in deep torpor, which while typical of bat hibernation this time of year, it was rather unusual that not only was he separated from other bats, but that he was in such a warm and busy location. It was clear that he could not spend the rest of his hibernation in the confines of such a periodically public environment!

The short seminar co-hosted by the Environmental Professional Network (EPN) and The Center for Human-Animal Interactions Research and Education (CHAIRE) at The Ohio State University on Tuesday morning (2/15/22) was fascinating, and played to a nearly full house in-person, with another 200 or so people participating virtually. The four speakers gave overviews of research and efforts regarding the conservation of mid to large sized carnivores within their areas of expertise. Each had come to believe that mutually beneficial co-habitation between the two and four-legged mammalian carnivores is possible, and in most cases, much more efficient than human attempts to either eradicate or confine the four-legged.