I have a *thing* for Meerkats. From bouncing on the sofa excitedly at any appearance by Aleksandr Orlov on the TV to insisting on watching every annoyingly-voice-overed episode of Meerkat Manor, I cannot get enough of these animals and their behaviour. I readily sought out and absorbed Tim Clutton-Brock‘s book on the subject of Meerkat […]
About a year ago, I was either organising or packing for a stay at Julia Desch’s farm in Sussex. During my time there I met up with Kate, researched this and learned about Tupping – or, less prosaically put – the art of putting the rams to the ewes for breeding. I have an interview […]