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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

10,000 Birds

The average (responsible) dog-owner does not think of his or her dog functioning on instinct, but as a organism with deep emotional ties to its family that seeks out pleasures and avoids pains… which, fundamentally, is how we people operate. has gained a solid foothold in the scientific community.

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