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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

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We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Impact of COVID on Uganda Bird Guides : As it has happened to the avitourism industry globally, Uganda was not an exception. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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AVMA Reveals Itself As Apologist for Animal Research

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They have paying members that are part of the animal research industry itself. Here's the organization's defense of its primate veterinarian members. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates avma. Cleverly, they also emphasize how many "animals" are saved by animal research.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. The Commission had also proposed scaling back experiments on the 12,000 primates used each year, so they could only be used if the survival of their species was at stake or during an unexpected outbreak of life-threatening disease in humans.

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Ocean Advocacy and Animal Rights

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I think that ocean life, with the exception of mammals, are often overlooked because they are not the sentient, communicating species that we identify with, like primates, dogs, cats, etc. And, at this point, I'd rather have oceans with healthy fisheries for the seafood industry than those without any fisheries left at all.

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The Thing About Colombia

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Not just birds, but also plants (Colombia boast the most orchid species, too), insects, primates, reptiles. There are a lot of opportunities for endemism both between and within the mountain ranges. The list goes on and on and on. Colombia’s biological riches rival even that of the nation’s most notorious criminal.

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.” BFUSA’s Primate Sanctuary in Texas is home to more than 500 primates rescued from laboratories, roadside zoos, and private possession.

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Secrets of the Swamps

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On Bush Bush, the main attraction is undoubtedly the pair of native primate species: Red Howler and (Trinidad) White-fronted Capuchin, the latter being critically endangered. Birding was difficult from the road as birdsong was often overshadowed by the deafening roar of a truck thundering past or some industrial device whirring into being.