A Big Sky, Montana, homeowner grabbed a can of bear spray and stopped a mother moose mid-charge to save her three dogs, including a 14-year-old deaf dog who could not hear the animal coming. Shelly Thorburn was outside her home when she spotted the cow moose barreling toward her and her dogs with its ears […] The post Montana woman fends off charging moose with bear spray to protect her dogs appeared first on American Almanac .
A Big Sky, Montana, homeowner grabbed a can of bear spray and stopped a mother moose mid-charge to save her three dogs, including a 14-year-old deaf dog who could not hear the animal coming. Shelly Thorburn was outside her home when she spotted the cow moose barreling toward her and her dogs with its ears pinned back. Doorbell camera footage captured the moment Thorburn deployed the spray, sending the moose fleeing and allowing her to rush all three dogs inside uninjured. The encounter, which took place on August 27 near one of the most wildlife-dense corridors in the American West, is a sharp reminder that living alongside large animals demands preparedness, not panic. Thorburn shared the Ring camera footage publicly, and the video…Open
Canyons, small streams and dry creek beds in the West can be deceptively dangerous, trapping hikers when rainfall upstream causes rapidly rising water.
Wild horses have been legally protected by Congress for over half a century. But many of them may be getting sold into slaughter under Trump, according to a New York Times investigation. Ranchers can buy these horses for “pennies on the dollar” and then sell them for “huge margin” into slaughter, says Spectrum News 1 journalist Ryan Thompson. “We don’t believe that the current program upholds enough protections for wild horses to not hit this loophole,” says Patricia Miller of American Wild Horse Conservation.
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan confirmed that the long-anticipated 6666 spin-off series is dead, scrapped, he says, because he refuses to turn the lives of real Texas ranch workers into made-up television drama. Sheridan, 56, made the announcement on an episode of the podcast Rodeo Time, five years after the spin-off was first announced in 2021. […] The post Taylor Sheridan pulls the plug on Yellowstone's 6666 spin-off, says he won't fictionalize real ranch life appeared first on American Almanac .
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan confirmed that the long-anticipated 6666 spin-off series is dead, scrapped, he says, because he refuses to turn the lives of real Texas ranch workers into made-up television drama. Sheridan, 56, made the announcement on an episode of the podcast Rodeo Time, five years after the spin-off was first announced in 2021. He owns the historic 6666 Ranch in Texas through an investment group that purchased the sprawling property in 2022 for a rumored $320 million. The ranch, founded by cattleman Samuel Burk Burnett in the 1870s, became a fixture in the Yellowstone universe when Jefferson White's character, Jimmy Hurdstrom, left Montana to work there as a greenhorn cowboy. Fans had expected that storyline to…Open
The second-largest reservoir in the country is at a record low, threatening water and power supply for millions and marring an iconic landmark of the American West.
Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.
