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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys

Critter News

Another animal experiment I would not support as a US taxpayer. In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks. Of what benefit is this to humanity in the here and now?

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited.

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

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Dark eyes peered down at us, its sharp yellow and black bill perfect for scooping up unsuspecting squirrels from the ground below. The general mood was one of gratitude, and everyone passed camera lenses and binoculars back and forth to share the experience. But the hawk remained, continuing its diet of squirrels and varmints.

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