Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Worldwide Primates Inc. was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. The International Primate Protection League was active in exposing and urging prosecution of this case. According to this website , Worldwide Primates has received $2,411,795.00 Signed on 2004-04-15.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2010

They include reports on 16 incidences of fractures received by primates and one swine during handling between 2007 and 2009. Six of the primates and the swine are reported to have been euthanised as a result.

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

I've been reading a lot about threatened elephants and primate populations in Africa and wondered about lions. Kenya's lion population has dropped from an estimated 2,749 in 2002 to 2,280 in 2004 and probably just 2000 individuals in 2009. One rarely hears about how they are doing. But, unfortunately, they are in trouble too.

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2009

. # A May 23, 2007, USDA inspection revealed several problems with drainage and waste disposal operations, and peeling paint in primate housing areas. # 7, 2004, found numerous problems. A 2006 inspection found no problems. USDA inspections dated July 19, 2005 and Dec.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 17, 2010

Lemurs are a species of primate, and reach sexual maturity between 2 and 3 years old. Since its inception in 2004, the Fund has donated more than $6 million to more than 500 projects around the world. The sex of the babies has yet to be determined, but they are developing well overall, according to trainers.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

Wild birds I’ve raised from tiny, featherless orphans demonstrate attachment to me, as would be expected for any young creature with a surrogate mother, even a weird, long-limbed primate mother. The real test of hummingbird bonds came in 2004. On April 17, 2004, my husband Bill stepped out, coffee mug in hand, to take the morning sun.

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