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In this short scene you see Pushme the cat giving birth on the bed lying next to me. Pushme was a stray cat on our farm in Spain. She would not come into the house, and not be picked up by anyone. Twice she gave birth to kittens, whom later mostly died because of the snakes or fox. Her third litter Pushme did things differently. She walked into the house, jumped onto the bed and grabbed hold of...

As we were wondering if we should not have brought binoculars on our safari trip in Udawalawe, Sri Lanka, this elephant made it clear that there was no reason for those at all. Hello there, my lovely !

Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland, the Netherlands. Back in the eighties it was wetland, with birds nestling and great natural possibilities. Then it became a rewilding project, and people put large grazers behind the newly put up fences. Deer, cattle and ponies, the so called ´koniks´ originally a tame breed from Poland. They were supposed to keep the land from becoming wooded, and unsuitable f...

Deze korte impressie van wat er gaande is op de Oostvaardersplassen met de grote grazers in maart 2018, wordt begeleid door quotes van biologen, dierenartsen, deskundigen en anderen die door hun vak en ervaring met dieren zoals paarden, runderen en herten recht van spreken hebben. Niet in het minst zijn de uitspraken van emeritus hoogleraar natuurbeheer Frank Berendse, over de intensieve overbe...

The Oostvaarderplassen is a nature reserve run by the State Forestry Service in the province of Flevoland, in the Netherlands. It covers about 22 square miles, most of which is wetland. It started as an exapmple of rewilding, in 1989, in spite of the enivronment having little time to develop. About a 120 deer, cattle and Konik horses were released back then, their number has grown by 2018 to 53...

Two elephant orphanages in Sri Lanka. One at Pinnawala and the other, a transit home at Udawalawe. Two completely different views on how to save the lovely indian elephant who is losing his natural habitat and is getting shot by the hundreds every year. And to start with the close encounter with wild elephants on safari in Udawalawe . No binoculars needed !

In februari 2018 bezochten wij het weeshuis Somawathi, Holland House of Hope op Sri Lanka, dat kort na de tsunamie door Marja van Leeuwen werd opgericht. Toevallig was Marja zelf aanwezig op het eiland. Ik had haar boek over het ontstaan van het weeshuis onderweg in het vliegtuig gelezen en vond het een geweldige eer dat wij door haar persoonlijk werden rondgeleid ! Het weeshuis biedt de kinder...

In february 2018 my sons and I visited the Dog Care Clinic in the south of Sri Lanka. The island Sri Lanka is like paradise, but not for many of the dogs living there. There are about 40 million stray dogs, many of whom get run over in the streets or have terrible skin conditions. The Dog Care Clinic was founded by the wonderful Marina Möbius, who covers more than 80% of the running costs all b...

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Pipo de Clown werd in 1958 bedacht en geschreven door Wim Meuldijk, voor de toen nog prille Nederlandse televisie. Deze video toont beelden van de series´Pipo en de Bibberhaai´ tot en met de laatste ´Pipo in West Best´ en de film ´Pipo en de P p Parelridder. De lange avonturen veranderden tussen 1965 en ´67 in de korte ´dag vogels, dag bloemen´ serie, voor een jonger publiek. Ruim 450 afleverin...

Pipo de Clown, aflevering uit de serie ´dag vogels , dag bloemen, dag kinderen. De serie korte verhaaltjes die werden opgenomen tussen 1966 / 1968, bevatte 480 afleveringen. Deze, genaamd ´Schaduwpaardje´, met Cor Witschge en Belinda Meuldijk, werd deels opgenomen in het huis van de schrijver Wim Meuldijk, en deels bij kasteel Groeneveld in Baarn.