tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77037569594335546132011-07-08T17:20:23.908+01:00Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615188955665987646noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703756959433554613.post-82989964899369164032009-08-05T02:31:00.000+01:002009-08-05T02:32:17.504+01:00<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Great Britain</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> : The black and white past.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Capybaras, a large South American rodent, were sighted living wild in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">England</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They were believed to have escaped from a zoo in </span><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">North Yorkshire</span></st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Left unchecked, this problem would have threatened the indigenous wildlife, farm animals, cyclists and the general public.</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p>The government of the day acted quickly and decisively.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In spite of opposition protests, they engaged the services of a large owl to rid the nation of this threat.</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Very little evidence of this episode in British history survives.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All that remains are a series of captioned photographs originally published in the News Chronicle which were recently discovered in a </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">York</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> loft.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They are currently being restored and will be published as they become available.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The articles and headlines which would originally have accompanied them remain undiscovered.</span></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7703756959433554613-8298996489936916403?l=thelargeowl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615188955665987646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703756959433554613.post-25676828718849749092009-08-04T02:39:00.000+01:002009-08-05T06:14:49.531+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XpkdOhCktUM/SnjjY9LhdeI/AAAAAAAAAGk/sqBxuyXM-vY/s1600-h/owl2.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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