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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They stopped after protests from animal rights groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Tags: rats animal experimentation military pigs. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S.

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Mad about the Congo

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Right now, I am frustrated with the EU and the UN. I am no supporter of the Iraq War. Tags: virunga congo gorillas. I suppose I've come to this pretty late and gorilla people already knew that this trouble was brewing. The rebel forces in the Congo have controlled the gorilla sector of Virunga since 2007. We got Saddam.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. if we believe it's our right to do what we want with the lives of other animals. . . . Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached.