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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. These highly intelligent animals should be PERMANENTLY retired and a PERMANENT sanctuary created for them.

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A Trip to an Animal Lab

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In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. But when I got closer, I read, "Animal research opens minds." It certainly doesn't fill me with confidence in these people's skills in compassion and humane care. Well, kind of. They did not experiment on primates (I asked!),

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EPA Wants to Rely Less on Animal Testing

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It's not a move based on compassion, but efficiency. Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling.

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Terrifying Truth about Crow Intelligence

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I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! I blame Charlie Sheen. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. That’s right – birds eating clay. Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Ara macao and A. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Get yours today!

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. … Tags: brazil • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? See who won the contest here! Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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