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But within a week of owning him, Sweet noticed Otto - a warmblood breed that was about 17 hands tall - had gone lame and was struggling to walk.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

And, at a more fundamental level, pandemics breed conspiracy theories because someone inevitably loses.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

They agreed, and in 1997, Max won best of breed at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

A rare breed of cattle has been introduced to the grounds of a historic house in North Yorkshire as part of a 30-year conservation project.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The animals they left behind would breed, and their offspring would breed, until there were too many for their food supply.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The sanctuary’s mission is to conserve and protect the world’s wild cat populations and, sometimes, in partnership with zoos and other humane wildlife facilities, it breeds certain species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Tyson, the biggest U.S. chicken processor, has struggled in the past with breeds that produced unexpectedly high numbers of unhatched eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Researchers have identified genes in Tibetan dogs that allow them to function in oxygen-poor conditions that would challenge breeds from lower elevations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Vanessa Waddon from Hope Rescue in Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has seen a 30% increase of breeds such as Staffordshire bull terriers being brought to her shelter.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Recent evidence suggests that cattle may have been domesticated independently in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and India, and that all three of those stocks have contributed to modern African cattle breeds.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

But that strategy has also bred controversy, with a sponsored factory tour for a group of Western influencers in 2023 sparking a strong backlash for glossing over alleged labour violations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

The internet was rife with what sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places,” a space separate from home and work that encouraged social interaction and bred cohesion in communities.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then, William Hyde, a middle-aged Black man born and bred in Nashville, looked dumbfounded—he too had been stricken by Chud.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Footage of a puffling - a baby puffin - bred on the Copeland Islands off the County Down coast has been captured for the first time.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Mitraillette says that before the war the woman was quite a noted horticulturalist—the chauffeur/groundskeeper is in fact a skilled gardener—and she has bred and named a few of the roses herself.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

During breeding season—roughly late April through most of August—they nest in underground burrows on offshore islands where mammalian predators such as mink, rats and foxes can’t get at them or their young.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The breeding success follows years of conservation work by Ulster Wildlife with local farmers installing nest boxes and improving habitat for the elusive bird.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Environmental specialist Peter Cunningham told AFP that potential sediment plumes could impact rocky shoreline habitats, crayfish spawning and breeding species.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

It described the process of breeding king penguins as "notoriously difficult," as the birds only lay a single egg at a time and breeding cycles can be years apart.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The rubbish heap was still there, breeding its multigenerational population of feral dogs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee