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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. They were denied contracts by HHS back in 2003 due to what the government said was an insufficient response for their RFP. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Completion date: 2006-03-20.

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Mad Cow Disease Appears in California

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since 2006 and was discovered in only three instances before then. But the disease has dealt a crippling blow to the industry in the past, especially when foreign countries refused to import American beef when mad cow was first uncovered in 2003. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy hasn’t been found in U.S.

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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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Their second calf, Dakari, was born in August 2006, and their third, Crash, was born in May 2008. Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoological and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. and around the world.

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From Today's New York Times

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Historically, these diseases have been studied only when they affect human populations or domestic animals. In 2003, I was in the sanctuary described in your article and collected samples from those dead animals. 8, 2006 The writer is director of the Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society.