Vermont held their annual youth hunting day this weekend.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 886279
Photos by Paul Guillotte
British School of Falconry
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Rob Waite swings a lure overhead as he exercises a falcon at the British School of Falconry in Manchester. The school offers participants a chance to handle Harris hawks. For a video, visit benningtonbanner.com.
10/24/2009
Album ID: 870169
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Bad ass
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Smokey, a miniature Sicilian donkey, wears a blaze orange necklace and is dusted with chalk to ward off hunters as he roams the Strohmaier farm in Pownal. Smokey's wandering ways have led neighbors along Middle Pownal Road to dub him a "bad ass."
10/21/2009
Album ID: 870518
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Blessing of the Animals
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Mike Mahoney holds his dog, Mitzi, during an interfaith Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. At rear is Pastor Donna Elia of the First United Church, Presbyterian. "Make us ... true friends to animals, and so to share the blessings of the merciful," said Elia.
9/30/2009
Album ID: 853292
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Shelter celebrates 50 years
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The Second Chance Animal Shelter celebrated a half-century of service to the local area this weekend.
9/13/2009
Album ID: 835927
Photos by Paul Guillotte
White wings
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Doris Leblanc stands amid some of the doves she will release Friday at a 9/11 memorial service at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. The service begins at 11 a.m. More than 4,000 doves will be released simultaneously in 40 states as part of White Wings Over America, according to Leblanc.
9/10/2009
Album ID: 833501
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Lions and Tigers, oh my!
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The Tigers at the Pownal Fair were the big attraction during a rainy weekend.
8/23/2009
Album ID: 820981
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Big cat
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A lion naps with one eye open Tuesday at the site of the Tri-State Fair in Pownal. The fair, held at the former Green Mountain Racetrack, opens Aug. 19 and runs through Aug. 23.
8/18/2009
Album ID: 818038
Photos by Peter Crabtree
In sync
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A horse and rider clear a hurdle Wednesday at the Vermont Summer Festival hunter and jumper competition in East Dorset.
7/20/2009
Album ID: 797911
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Jones funeral
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A horse-drawn hearse carries the body of Richard E. Jones Sr. to the cemetery Tuesday in Bennington. Jones who died last month at the age of 84, was a dedicated horseman, working at a surgical equine clinic for years.
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