Critter News
AUGUST 2, 2010
Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university.
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. If they are "only" animals, if they are beasts which abstract not, then my comparison is a piece of sentimental foolishness. These chimps are healthy and well-fed.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2015
We know that animals can essentially lose their predator avoidance behaviors. You will see often repeated that the Galapagos are unique in the lack of fear of humans exhibited by the animal inhabitants. First, Darwin wrote quite a bit about lack of fear in various animals, but he did so initially in the context of the Falklands.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Appendixes include a chapter on color charts and terminology, an identification worksheet, growth and development tables, and species comparison tables.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2016
This often applies in animal behavior and ecology, and this often comes about in relation to predator pressure. For the many breeding birds facing high nest-predation pressure, enemy-free space can be gained by nesting near more formidable animals for physical protection. Caption for the graphic above: Fig 3.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2018
We might expect that as the earth warms, biomes or regionally defined habitats will move north, and with them, their plants and animals. Here, according to the research , there is. This study is a rare one, given the long time period for comparison. Not in the Mohave Desert. strong evidence of an avian community in collapse.
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