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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. percent of our DNA.

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USHS Alleges Animal Abuse at the University of Louisiana New Iberia Research Laboratory

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The Humane Society of the United States released the video scenes Wednesday, saying that’s only part of the documentation of what it claimed were 338 violations of federal law and policy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Laboratory. Here is a link to the Humane Society.

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Audubon’s Footsteps

10,000 Birds

Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently. But the main attraction of the book, it must be said, is not Clavreul’s prose but his artistry in watercolor. Maybe that’s so because he worked entirely from life and not photographs, he says.

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Clapper and King rails may represent four or five species

10,000 Birds

The photo above, one of mine, shows a Clapper Rail in Louisiana. Maley then goes on to examine the hybrid zone between Clapper and King rails in Louisiana, finding that the hybrid zone is very narrow (about 4 kilometers, or 2.5 King Rails occur widely in eastern North America, in eastern and central Mexico, and in Cuba.

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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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His obituary in The Auk describes him as “without a doubt” responsible for Texas’ laws on bird conservation, “for he was the first in the state to present the real facts concerning the importance of bird life in its relation to human welfare.” And then there’s Attwater’s Prairie Chicken.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Oil washes ashore at Venice, Louisiana. May 19, 2010 Oil washes ashore on mainland Louisiana. June 4, 2010 Oil washes up on barrier islands and beaches from Louisiana to Florida.

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Saving Pelican 895

4 The Love Of Animals

This tale of a single bird, and the compassionate people deployed to save him, shows how the process of saving one life restored a degree of humanity for the rest of us. The Brown Pelican, the state bird of Louisiana, has endured a turbulent history along the Louisiana Coast.

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