Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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Puerto Rico Monkeys Breeding Mauritius 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. In my experience, parrots form a visibly and numerically important component of the Brazilian bird fauna. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Pink pigeon near Le Pétrin, Mauritius by Michael Hanselmann, used under Creative Commons license. A bit of background: Pink Pigeons are medium-sized, pink/gray/ brown birds found on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. Is this the type of avian experience we want? More about the Dodo in a minute.)

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101