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Animal Rights Activists Jailed in Europe

Critter News

They are members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Tags: europe activism huntingdon animal rights. From Reuters.

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A Question of Migration

10,000 Birds

If migration evolved many times in birds, then it would be worth asking if it evolved in birds more often than in other groups of vertebrates. In other words, many sorts of animals might benefit from migration, but those with powered flight might be able to develop a migratory behavior more easily than those stuck to the ground on hooves.

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