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The Gas Station Bird

10,000 Birds

In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine. In Oregon you can’t own any “dangerous” wild animals, but you can get a special permit for a service monkey and anyone can fill their backyard with giraffes. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine. Are we fed up yet? Banner photo by Ingrid Taylar.

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Student Researcher Says "Hooray for Animal Research"

Critter News

This kid is a biochem major at the University of Southern Mississippi. He's helping to investigate possible drug cures for obesity. Freeman says that the most difficult thing he has encountered so far in his research comes not from the lab, but from people’s attitudes about animal testing. Does it benefit the animals?