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Air Canada To Stop Shipping Lab Primates

Critter News

The announcement below comes verbatim from the Pacific Free Press.they still need approval from the Canadian Transportation Agency though. Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

As you can see, I had two organized birding outings. The second organized outing was a day of megabirding in the company of one of Hong Kong’s most experienced and renowned nature guides. And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. Monkey at a monastery. Said thrush.

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Ugandan Birding for Businessmen

10,000 Birds

Resident Red-tailed Monkeys, Vervet Monkeys, and Bushbabies are fun to watch but they do throw “stuff” at your cabin. This is my first post, so I won’t provide details on the stuff, but you know monkeys – they have a weird sense of humor. I was deeply impressed with the organization of the Shoebill watching though.

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