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

Critter News

was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. of Defense since 2000. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

Phoebe Snetsinger was an American birder who first passed the 8,000 species mark. All these people were legends – I barely scraped past 2000 in half a century. Called the family doctor, went by, and got sent to the Tropical Diseases Institute without her taking as much as my pulse… Not good for one’s morale, I can tell you.