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What if the Public Truly Probed Animal Research Funding?

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It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. There's a reason for the security that keeps Beagle burn videos from surfacing like egg farm videos. At a tax payer cost of $472,370? Even as his colleagues scoffed?

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission. The Philippine Eagle has a kind face.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 1

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This species seems to frequently join mixed-species flocks – in research in Thailand, the species was found in 20% of the mixed-species flocks. Presumably, Grey-throated Babblers are not very fond of monkeys, especially the (potentially misnamed) Grey Leaf Monkey. On the plus side, it looks rather funny when wet.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. A single large spider monkey, which might be out of view, equals a large number of lightly built and small birds which may be scattered across the landscape. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Many (though not all) animal lovers kind of suck too, including myself. None of us is pure.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Monkey Mia. Eastern Egg Rock. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui. casa botania. 20 Jan 2017. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus. riparian zone route 254. 30 Apr 2017. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae. 11 Apr 2017.

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