Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2011

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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Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2012

Thank you Air Canada! Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Airlines in Canada must obtain approval from the CTA to revise their shipping guidelines.

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MAY 8, 2017

I never researched the resort, imagining that it lacked the amenities my family wanted, but visiting for dinner allowed us to rent its grandeur without forking over the considerable room rates. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site.

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JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese. Is this the type of bird behavior that makes sense in our world?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Monkey Mia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui. casa botania. 20 Jan 2017. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus. riparian zone route 254.

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