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Air Canada Feeling Pressure to Stop Shipping Lab Monkeys

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I don't think it's likely that Air Canada is going to budge on this. Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. Excerpted from the Montreal Gazette.

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Calgary Zoo Feeling Economic Pressure

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Lanthier, a veterinarian and walrus researcher who took the helm in Calgary two years ago, says the cancellation of the polar bears exhibit might please some animal-rights extremists, but the reality is a blow to Canada's white bears. One thing for sure -- all of the animals in the zoo will die eventually," said Lanthier. "We

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.

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Aniweb Roundup 9/26/10

4 The Love Of Animals

Tina has put together a great list of 50 Novels for Animal Lovers. Of course it’s always important to research your pet food choices to help keep your pets healthy! They are made in Canada, of eco-friendly materials. The story of Thomas Sloane, a former NYC resident who died in 2005, leaving behind 22 pugs?

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