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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

Critter News

Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. From the AP.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. This tribe is famed for the incredible lip plates that the women wear.

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