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Appeal Denied for Six Activists Convicted Under AEPA

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The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. The company had been a target of animal activists since video footage surfaced on television in the 1990s depicting animal abuse at its laboratory in the United Kingdom.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

About a month before departure my clients asked me if we were going to the same sites in Ghana as the offerings of another, rather upmarket, birding tour company. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. million hectares in 2007.

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GHANA – Upper Guinea Forest Birding at its best!

10,000 Birds

Chris Townend is an ace birder, keen conservationist, and proprietor of Wise Birding Holidays , a UK company that leads tours to places most of us dream of visiting. Sadly, though much of the Upper Guinea Forest remains at threat from illegal logging and clearing areas for farming. Truly fantastic.

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