Catherine Munro @CatherineMMunro
Author & anthropologist. Human-animal relationships, landscape & identity. Book - The Ponies at the Edge of the World @Rider_Books, agent @agentjenny she/her ko-fi.com/s/3dad0ba238 Shetland Joined October 2015-
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Thinking about how this carboniferous crustacean was happily living life in a tropical freshwater loch, then one day it met its end and drifted into anoxic bottom waters.. and now, 330 million years later, some goth is stood admiring its adorable wee fossilised carcass
It’s been weeks since I’ve been able to draw some birds. Today we’re starting with a male wheatear ringed on Flat Holm
The exquisite grace in the fresco on the tomb of the diver. Paestum.
A beautiful morning #Shetland
Another hard day at work #Shetland
In the middle of Birmingham, close to where I live, there's a surprisingly big reserve where birdsong drowns out the city (just listen...). This clip is from a tree there: ideal to perch in with book & coffee, & watch the life of the oak unfold - black cap, woodpecker, owl, etc.
Sunset and moonrise #Shetland
Beach clean at Meal beach tonight Da Voar Redd Up is a community litter picking event that takes place each April. About twenty percent of Shetland's population take part #Shetland #dunnuchuckbruck
Light and leaf becoming the same thing.
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17. I’ve said it many times before but we’re so lucky in South Yorkshire to have these facilities for them to decompress in. Here’s a typical scene I filmed before going home on Friday. “Friends and Forage”. Thoughts?
16. Though not without risk, I personally approve of our continued partnership with these amazing guys. We only choose horses that can cope with city centres, and even then take great pains to slowly accustom them better over time. You love to see us out, and we love to see you.
15. I choose to put myself at risk to keep people safe but they don’t. We’re acutely aware of our moral responsibility to these amazing guys to ensure that, on balance, they live a great life. I do wonder where would they be otherwise?
14. Very much like the dog sections, we love each individual we work with and try our best to achieve “equine eudaimonia”. Policing is dangerous though and it’s distressing to see the harsh reality of it when it’s so easily broadcast on social media.
13. I think in the past horses have been used as simply a “tool” of the job. A means to an end. Take a look at any of the mounted accounts on here and tell me that’s not changed. They’re all treated as an end in themselves, as a true character in the policing story.
12. I could go on but I’ll instead deal with our ethics. On balance do we (paid for by you) simultaneously provide both a vital public service and a flourishing life for our horses? I think we do, yes.
11. Missing people. We’re often used to try and locate your loved ones who might wish to harm or end themselves. We can cover open areas cars can’t get, and foot officers would take an age to cover. We can, have, and will again locate people for their distressed families.
10. We’re highly visible. You really can’t quantify how we make people feel in a town or city centre. How much crime did we deter? How reassured did you, the people feel?
9. We’ve not injured a soul in doing so. Protected many, hurt none. Policing football is their super power.
8. They’re an iron fist in a velvet glove. In public order situations they are simply worth their weight in gold. They will separate violent groups with ease. Without tempting fate, I’ve been in mounted for 5 years and have prevented serious violence many times.
7. We are and you can. Though few in number we afford the opportunity for you to speak with us on a very human level, but it’s our horses that provide the perfect conduit. Even here, how many would follow me if not for these amazing guys?
6. With foot patrols mostly a thing of the past you will rarely come into meaningful contact with a police officer. They’re stretched to the limit driving from job to job. Relationships can’t easily be forged at crisis point so it’s vital we’re accessible to you.
5. The British Model of Policing. If you follow me I’m guessing you’re already biased yourself towards either Policing, horses, or both. We police with your consent and our relationship with you is the crux of our success or failure.
4. In the Police we use public funds to look after that welfare and so it must be for good reasons. That brings me to my next point. I’ve another bias, though admittedly not as acute as the first, and that’s to the reasons we use them. They’re not always obvious nor quantifiable.
3. An utter novice, not knowing their croup from their elbow, I’d just naively head out to spend time with them at every opportunity. I just love them. I mention this simply to illustrate that I have their best interests at heart. If I have a bias at all, it’s to their welfare.
2. I’ve loved horses since I was eight years old and have gravitated towards them ever since. I never had any desire to ride them though, honestly believing it was quite cruel to do so. I just loved being around them. I’d ask nothing and expect nothing… but they always gave.
1. Like everyone I was viscerally moved by the sight of the horses running loose in London last week. It’s brought back into sharp focus the issue of our use of these amazing animals. For what it’s worth, here’s my opinion in a🧵.
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