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The Queen

10,000 Birds

Yet I realize banding is a very valuable tool, and gives us information we could not otherwise gather. The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. And to prove it, there’s The Queen. to find out her actual age.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan. They have certainly committed no crimes.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support.