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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab

Critter News

It will house rodents for use in experiments. Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? From West Virginia Metro News. Setting up experiments to try and develop new insights that would be even before the drug development phase. Because it will create JOBS!

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

10,000 Birds

It is written in English, mostly, or a form of English anyway, and on first encounter the book and its language is weird, intriguing, puzzling, and beautiful in a way outside the normal realm of experience. But to fully understand it, to be able to “read” it – well, that’s either impossible, or else takes years of dedicated ardor and study.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York.

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On Vegan Devastation at PF Chang's

Animal Person

Vegans are people who don't eat any animal products, and that includes foods that have been processed with sugar that is made with bone char. Now, of course, we have confirmed Cristy's fears--that she will likely be eating animals and not know it. Northern Virginia? S: There's only one thing on our menu that's vegan.

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Bird Sex Voyeurs

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As a clumsy person, she enjoys the experience of literally stumbling through nature, learning as she goes, experiencing the magic of finding something interesting. A few weeks ago I joined a group of bird lovers to go out to a little clearing in the woods of West Virginia and watch the skydance of the American Woodcock.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

In my earlier post "Children and Heart Disease" available here , I noted that, in the seventh and final edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: A Handbook for Parents of the Developing Child from Birth to Adolescence , Dr. Benjamin Spock no longer recommends feeding animal products to children after two years of age. The answer is "Yes."

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