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Air Canada Feeling Pressure to Stop Shipping Lab Monkeys

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Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. In our opinion, Air Canada is not legally obligated to accept monkeys as cargo," said the opinion written by Lawyers for Animal Welfare.

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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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

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PETA Busts University of Utah Research Lab

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Discouraged the filing of health status reports to staff veterinarians -- "even when animals were clearly in distress.'' ยป Failed to provide adequate housing and management for animals that, in some instances, led to unnecessary stress, pain, injury or death. Certainly a case to follow.

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Did you know that they are more closely related to lemurs than they are to monkeys? Each shirt design has a fun trivia fact or two about the featured animal. If you are looking for a fun way to show your love for animals, be sure to check out Rare Tee. Tags: people helping animals reviews.

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What if the Public Truly Probed Animal Research Funding?

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Charles Larson fused monkeys' necks to their skulls and deprived them food five days per week to make them cry out in a specific manner according to Concerned Citizens for Ethical Research? At a tax payer cost of $472,370? To "gain insights into some of the neurological disorders affecting vocalization?" Even as his colleagues scoffed?

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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He differentiates those animals from what he calls "the cute animals" which is important and one of the few passages that I appreciated in this series. The fact that we care about--and fight for--animals based on how cute we have deemed them to be is disgraceful. Part V: Me and My Monkey. But not shocked enough.

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Gobal Smuggling Ring Uncovered in Brazil

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Brazilian federal police arrested 72 people on Wednesday on suspicion of running an international smuggling ring that traded half a million wild animals, including jaguars and monkeys, each year. Brazil is one of the world's hotspots for animal smuggling because of its rich diversity of animals.

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