Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. Anderson, famous for slow-motion beach running scenes in the hit 1990s lifeguard TV show, wrote to R.C.

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Critter News

MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The plans by India's Vivo BioTech Ltd. God created animals for the benefits of human beings.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Gelada lip flare My favorite Ethiopian animal, the Gelada used to be considered a baboon but is actually the last survivor of an ancient group of grass-eating monkeys that used to occur throughout Africa, the Mediterranean and India.

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