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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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President Obama promised to eliminate wasteful government spending; funding for animal research is one area that is overdue for reform. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Tags: animal research Obama. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

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. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa. And that’s just in the lowlands!

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A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

For a researcher to get from Broome to Beijing it would take over 30 hours, as you would be required to fly south first! Broome Accommodation Mar 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm A great post, thanks Clare, always great to see some of our local critters being documented. It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip. Thanks for visiting!

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