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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Worry Under the Big Top as Mexico City Moves to Ban Circus Animals ” (news article, June 15): Mexico City joins the growing list of cities that have banned the exploitation of animals in circuses. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?

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Almagordo Chimp Story Hits the New York Times

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Tags: chimpanzees primates National Institutes of Health medical research new mexico.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

fully supports, officials in Mexico City unnecessarily banned circuses with animals. Despite the claims made in the letter, circuses like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are dedicated to providing the very best of care for all our animals, especially the Asian elephant. In the United States, 10 million fans a year see a Ringling Bros.

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. They deserve better and we are capable of providing them with better.

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My Great Backyard Bird County on the Florida Panhandle

10,000 Birds

This year the event was even preceded by an article in the New York Times. I didn’t have time to bird each day, but I set out in the afternoon on the 13th to count birds along the Navarre portion of Santa Rosa Sound, followed by the Gulf of Mexico. I love birding on the sound.

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Dogfighting Grows in Texas

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From the New York Times. The ring broken up here had links to dogfighting organizations in other states and in Mexico, suggesting an extensive underground network of people devoted to the activity, investigators said.

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What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?

10,000 Birds

These birds arrive in the Boreal Forest after spending the winter in South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States. References: 1 New York Times , 2 National Resources Defense Council , 3 Earth Observatory. depend on the Boreal Forest. Sierra Club. Friends of the Earth.

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