A prototype tram with a tarpaulin attachment to the rear is being trialed by Douglas Council workers.
The idea is to have a bin like device attached to the tram to catch the horse poop as it’s produced. It does look though as if the current design may be too far away from the rear of the horse so will need some adjustment.
Councilor Pitts of Douglas Leisure Services Committee said that currently over £20,000 is being spent cleaning up the promenade of manure dropped on the streets by the towns horse trams. Pitts also told the BBC that any manure collected could be utilised on public gardens.
Horse trams are due to resume again in Douglas at the beginning of May.
Ten year old cross bred Shire, Alfie is proud of his rather splendid moustache and refuses to let anyone trim it.
Stable staff at his yard in Bitton, Gloucestershire thought he might feel better without his hairy appendage but whenever they try to get near it Alfie runs a mile. He won’t even let anyone in his stable ‘just in case’.
Many heavy horses sport smaller moustaches but none quite as prolific as Alfies. Friesian horses are also noted for being able to produce facial hair.
Last month a photogrpaher artist Julian Wolkenstein produced a series of work featuring horses with highly styles hair.
A man from Anza, California has been charged with two charges of animal cruelty after decapitating his horse then feeding its head to his dogs.
Riverside County Assistant District Attorney Chuck Hughes said that the two counts of cruelty are neglect and then the physical harm. If convicted, sixty four year old Jack Mark Ziniuk could go to prison for four and a half years.
Mr Ziniuk claims that his horse had been attacked by dogs and was having seizures so he beat it to death with a sledgehammer then cut of its head and gave it to his dogs.
Sydney born Photographer Julian Wolkenstein and an advertising buddy came up with the idea of giving horses hair extensions for a fun photo shoot.
They called upon the expert services of top hair stylist Acacio da Silva to preen the equines into super model material.
Each horse took over four hours to groom and have their hair extensions added. Apparantly they loved the attention bit were not so keen on the flashing lights and studio atmosphere.
Julian had originally thought that it would take a couple of hours to shoot each horse but with the preparation time each one took a full day. This is on top of months of searching for suitable equines.
A radical new production method is to be used to turn horse manure into a nutritious, high fibre breakfast cereal for humans.
Many horse owners are environmentally conscious so it is hoped that that they will appreciate the new cereal, Horseabix, which is made by extracting the fibrous content from equine droppings.
Horses are well known for the fact that they graze up to 16 hours a day so Horseabix decided that it would be great to harvest the manure and take advantage of all that natural goodness.
A nutritious breakfast is important whether you are young or old and Horseabix cereal biscuits are a fun way to kick start your morning.
