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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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Here's the full article from the Los Angeles Times. An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death.

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University of Florida Must Relinguish Primate Records

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Full article in the Gainesville Sun. She said she plans to use them to continue a campaign against animal research at UF, which recently included the online posting of the layout of UF laboratories and university spokeswoman Janine Sikes's cellphone number. This is good news, at least in my opinion.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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More examples, shown in the book and online (just search for ‘hats’ and ‘egrets’ and you’ll find articles from NPR , the Smithsonian , and Audubon ), show delicate to huge creations adorned, sometimes overwhelmed with plumes, colorful teased feathers, and even the actual bodies of birds.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I

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