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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

Critter News

Please do not advertise to sell your pets. Recent published studies document that an old boys network in the federal grant award process keeps “aging cash cows” afloat while leaving younger, innovative investigators struggling. As billions flow into this waste, 44 million Americans lack adequate health care coverage.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds. Thanks for visiting!

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