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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. It's from a Reuters article from last May.I They also called for a feasibility study before agreeing to a ban on capturing wild primates to use in laboratories. will try not to smash my computer screen in frustration.

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From Today's Los Angeles Times

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Have op-ed article writers Peter Singer and Karen Dawn not seen the beautiful natural habitat at the L.A. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo. Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. Africa’s only rainforest canopy walkway in Kakum National Park. What makes Ghana so special? Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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’” My heart sinks a bit when I am looking for interesting information on a bird species to pass along with my photos, and the only articles I can find are either on the mitochondrial genome of the species (yes, we get it! At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.