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 Completion date: 2006-03-20.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Whittaker had not yet gotten the message that birds don’t smell, her intellectual background was in primate research, but a colleague set her straight, telling her, “Birds don’t have a sense of smell, so I don’t understand why you’d study that anyway?” ” (p. Gill, Frank B. &
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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. # A 2006 inspection found no problems. . # A routine USDA inspection in September 2008 found the center in compliance. # USDA inspections dated July 19, 2005 and Dec.
Critter News
JUNE 20, 2009
2) Charles River Laboratories, Sparks and Reno, NV: Two primates undergoing surgical procedures were handled improperly. The USDA also entered an out-of-court $10,000 financial settlement with Charles River for a May, 2008 when too-hot temperatures led to the deaths of 32 primates. One subsequently had to be euthanized.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
In 2008, it had to return $20,000 in federal research grant money after a finding that it had allowed unauthorized surgeries on primates. Inspectors found serious deficiencies in animal-care facilities in 2006 and put the UW on probation.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
The Ethiopian population of this little known, long-bearded primate forms an isolated population restricted to this area, so this was a very satisfying find. In 2006 the Ethiopian government started building the giant Gibe III Dam further up the Omo River. The future of these tribal cultures faces considerable uncertainty.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). Birdingblogs.com Leigh, Egbert Giles. Oxford University Press. Myers, P., Espinosa, C.
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