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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

Critter News

Worldwide Primates Inc. was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. According to this website , Worldwide Primates has received $2,411,795.00

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Rare Tee Clothing

4 The Love Of Animals

Their mission is to raise awareness on threatened and endangered species through their fun and contemporary apparel. Even though they look a bit more like a primate! I recently got the chance to try out a t-shirt from a company called Rare Tee. I chose the Philippine Tarsier Tee, which is a very fun shirt indeed!

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Ghana has the dubious distinction of being the first country to have lost a major primate species since the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force: Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus was declared extinct in 2000 due to forest destruction. Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

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