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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. If they are "only" animals, if they are beasts which abstract not, then my comparison is a piece of sentimental foolishness. But chimpanzees can abstract.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. We simply refuse to squee.

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