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New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer

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Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. From the AP.

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Activists in Mexico Bomb Max Mara Store

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ALF activists in Polanco Mexico bombed a Max Mara clothing shop. It was not a whim or an attempt to get attention, as the sensationalist press will say; instead this is a response to the domination, objectification and commodification of millions of animals (mink, chinchilla, fox, raccoons, etc.) Tags: fur ALF.

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Marine Animals Trying to Escape from Oil Spill

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Like forest creatures trying to escape a fire, marine animals such as dolphins, sharks, mullets, crabs, rays and fish are congregating in surprisingly shallow waters off the Florida coast line as they flee the encroaching oil spill. Tags: marine animals 2010 oil spill Gulf of Mexico.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection

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The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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Animal Activists Continue Attacks on Max Mara

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This comes weeks after an explosion in Mexico at a Max Mara shop there. For the animals.". Tags: ALF Max Mara. A bomb threat was called into a Max Mara in Madrid. Max Mara sells furs. From Biteback: "On Wednesday Max Mara Madrid received an anonymous call that claimed that an explosive device had been placed in the shop.

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PETA Enters Alamagordo Primate Controversy

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The Governor of New Mexico has already met with the National Institutes of Health to try and stop this transfer with no apparent success. Some of the animals are 60 years old and veterans of the US space program. Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health PETA new mexico.

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