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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

Critter News

Good way to end 2010. Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.

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Baby Lemurs at Busch Gardens

4 The Love Of Animals

Lemurs are a species of primate, and reach sexual maturity between 2 and 3 years old. The non-profit, private charitable foundation is committed to supporting wildlife and habitat conservation, research, education and animal rescue programs worldwide. For more on the Fund, visit SWBG-ConservationFund.org.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

million people (2010 census). They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

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