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Greatest canal boat ever 🚤

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Puppy living his best life..🐕🐾😅

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Fasting is a real life super power.

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Bird Hotel in Amsterdam 🪵🛖🐦‍⬛

📸 Netherlands stravelers

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Majestic piebald deer..🦌😍

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

So good.

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😊👍

[Lea 🌸🌿🕊️ @LEA86680530]

Foley’s Bridge
Tollymore Forest Park
Ireland 🇮🇪

[Oaks And Lions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @oaksandlions]

England once had hundreds of tiny prisons.

Before police stations became common, villages often had their own lock-ups, small cells used to hold drunks, thieves, vagrants and troublemakers overnight.

Most were built during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Many contained little more than a stone floor, a wooden bench and a heavily barred door.

Some were circular because it made them harder to break out of.

Others became known as "blind houses" because their windows were so small.

Hundreds once stood across England.

Dozens still survive today, hidden beside churches, village greens and market squares.

A reminder that local justice once existed at the very heart of village life.

Have you ever seen a village lock-up?

📷: Breedon on the Hill village lock up.

Follow @oaksandlions for your daily dose of England's hidden gems.

#EnglishHistory #EnglishHeritage #LockUps

[Lea 🌸🌿🕊️ @LEA86680530]

Moss Bridge
Lake District
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

“Twenty-five years ago, a story broke in Chiang Mai, Thailand about a Buffalo who ran for her life from a slaughterhouse. Covered in blood and with a deep wound around her neck, she bolted down the motorway, terrified and desperate. Local radio stations warned the public to stay alert ~ calling her “a mad Buffalo,” with some reporters even labeling her a “crazy ghost Buffalo,” claiming she was crashing into cars as she fled.

We rushed to the scene and found her drenched in blood, a bullet having grazed her forehead ~ thankfully, it hadn’t pierced her skull. We fought to save her life, refusing to send her back to the slaughterhouse, even as angry voices demanded compensation for their damaged cars and called for her to be killed.

With help from kind-hearted people, we rescued her.

The very next morning, in her new home, she gave birth to a baby boy. We named her Mae Sroy, after the scar around her neck, and her son Chokdee, meaning “Lucky.”

Since then, Mae Sroy and her son have lived peacefully among the Buffalo herd at Save Elephant Foundation.

Now very old—Buffaloes typically live around 26–27 years ~ Mae Sroy can no longer walk with the herd. Her son has grown up to become the leader, while Mae Sroy has moved closer to our shelter for more attentive care. She now eats only finely ground, soft food, as her teeth have worn down with age.

Then came the recent flood. Though her shelter was on higher ground, a sudden flash flood swept over the barriers, destroying everything ~ including Mae Sroy’s home. She was gone.

We searched everywhere, fearing the worst.

Our hearts were heavy, believing our beloved old buffalo could not have survived the raging waters. But on the third morning, a miracle happened:

We found her ~ lying in the mud where her shelter once stood. She had come home. When she saw us, she called out, and we cried with joy. I ran to her, and she answered with soft, happy grunts, full of life and relief. Mae Sroy had survived once again.

She truly is a Buffalo with nine lives.

This is the story of one life we saved. At our sanctuary, every animal has a name, a story, and a soul. They are not just Buffaloes or Elephants ~ they are living beings with meaning and worth.

Mae Sroy once ran from death to protect the life growing inside her. And now, once again, she has run from death to protect her own. She is a true survivor, and we will care for Grandma Mae Sroy with all our hearts for the rest of her days” ~ Lek Chailert. 🙏

🎦 Credit: Lek Chailert.

[Paul Rees. ex Rucksack. @HannahIamthest1]

Seems legit. 🤣🤣🤣

[ViralRush ⚡ @ViralRushX]

Baipu Temple, nestled in Beijing’s Mentougou mountains, was originally built in 1101 during the Liao Dynasty and features a towering golden infant Buddha statue surrounded by five dragons and two phoenixes, as well as the 56 ton Peace Bell.

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

***PUFFIN NUMBERS UP*** the Isle of May Puffin population has increased since our last full census of the population in 2017. The blog has the full story; https://t.co/VnWtRiQI6m

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Always a good way to start the day…Isle of May Puffins…

[Gwydir Castle @JudyCorbett]

‘Tis the season…

[Earth_Wanderer @earth_tracker]

The laws of physics don't apply to mountain goats. 🐐

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

A small castle in Transylvania, Romania

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Only 5 more days!!!!🤩

[Colin Spencer @ColinSpenc4257]

Thought of The Day.