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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. 2552) place Puerto Rico among the top tier of U.S. Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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A pelagic out of Hatteras, North Carolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well. Moreover, it contributes to science (and economics ) and the price is right. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. It continues to roll out new functionality.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other islands that make up the Greater and Lesser Antilles. ’ Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean covers 39 species found in, as the titles says, North America and the Caribbean islands.

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How Many Birders are There, Really? (Addendum)

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Of course, there are many other possible definitions of “ birder ” so accurately estimating the overall number is more art than science. Or at least most of the United States, as eBird erroneously considers Puerto Rico and several other U.S. I believe that FWS wildly overestimates the number of birders.