Wayne Linklater

writing about science for the appreciation, management and conservation of horses and other odd-toed ungulates. Currently writing "Horses of the Last Land".

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On my way home to launch my new book …

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All welcome at Scorpio Books for the launch of 'Wild Horses of the Last Land': 15th October at 5:30pm: https://t.co/Q3KGFxOIaI

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The arrival and spread of horses through Aotearoa New Zealand during the 19th and 20th century

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What happens if you remove the subordinate stallion from a wild horse breeding group with 2 stallions?

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Why do wild horses continue to inspire such strongly held thoughts and feelings among us?

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How useful are contraceptives for managing populations of wild horses? It depends on answering questions about how they change wild horse behavior, ecology and evolution.

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Pre-order from https://t.co/2CjmGSRyA4

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Appreciating these 3 things characteristics of wild horse behavior and ecology could help manage their populations more humanely and efficiently.
#wild_horses #horse #conservation #ecology #animal_behavior #animal_behaviour

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Could Aussies do a better job of managing their populations of wild horses, a bit like Kiwis have done?
https://t.co/biSxV5Lq4E

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Getting to hold a physical copy of my new book for the first time - surreal @kwhps #wild_horses #Kaimanawa

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Sneak a peak inside my new book...

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The way that many populations of wild horses are managed is counter-productive. More efficient but also humane/ethical methods are possible.

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Too often the methods used to estimate wild horse population size are scientifically flawed
https://t.co/ae60r3WmQ7

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Will it be a colt or a filly? Amazingly, it depends a lot on the trajectory of the mare's condition when she conceived 11 months earlier.
https://t.co/9DyP4HZv0j

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A Q & A with the author of Wild Horses of the Last Land. Q1: You spent four years living with the Kaimawana horses on the central North Island’s volcanic plateau. What kept you there for so long? Read more here: https://t.co/2CZbF4CGi2

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An excellent piece, highly relevant to the debate about wild horses, from Robert Lackey at Oregon State, about hidden norms in conservation science: The Emergence of Religious Ecology https://t.co/QPN2o0Ho9E

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Why do some wild horse breeding groups have more than one stallion?

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In Europe? You can order my book from here - https://t.co/2VVCNrNc78

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Wild horse ‘lovers’ are conservationists too