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Monkey Rescued in India

Critter News

A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. It's the first time I've ever heard the term.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge. Today is the launch of. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone.

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Dutch Whale Denied Freedom; Must Go to Spanish Amusement Park

Critter News

Morgan, a 4-year-old killer whale, has lost her bid for freedom Agriculture Secretary Henk Bleker ruled Wednesday that the orca, rescued last year ailing and emaciated from the Wadden Sea off the northern Dutch coast, should be transferred to an amusement park on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

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The Queen

10,000 Birds

The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. On the other, she sounded like she might have a respiratory infection, I didn’t have the right drug on hand, and I was scared to death that I might go down in history as the killer of the birdie Methuselah.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

It’s a job-matching site for all jobs related to animals, like training, grooming, veterinary medicine, caretaking, zoo positions, and much, much more. What makes the site special is that a portion of every sale is donated to animal rights and rescue organizations.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

Pink Pigeons were featured on episode four of the second season of The Zoo , the excellent television series about The Bronx Zoo,* and their story was disturbing. Meanwhile, on The Zoo, the keepers have been creating an environment for Thelma and Louise so they can nurture the hoped-for egg from The Stud and Serendipity.

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Winging It In Tulsa

10,000 Birds

“The diehards will be there,” he said reassuringly and squired me to the Oxley Nature Center , a beautiful educational building set on 804 acres of flood-plain forest, prairie, and wetlands one mile north of the Tulsa Zoo. I packed 643 pounds of toffee – right, Kim? Or was that how much I ate? Tuesday was crunch day.

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