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Primate Breeding Facility Generates Controversy In Puerto Rico Itself

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Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time. That didn't make it right. I come down hard on Puerto Rico, ever since the scandal in which dogs were being thrown off bridges by an animal control company.

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All my patches

10,000 Birds

There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right?

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. Part V: Me and My Monkey.

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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

10,000 Birds

And for this overview, I will chose #1 and #2: Corbett and Kaziranga national parks, both in the north/north-east, right under the southern slopes of the Himalayas. Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger and Gaur (highway 37 passes through the park and the rhinos and wild elephants can be spotted straying near the road).

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