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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

Critter News

Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Is public outcry greater? What gives?

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Positive Responses from Animal Testers?

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Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. A report published by a panel of experts from industry, academic institutions and regulatory bodies supports an initiative aimed at finding alternatives to animal research.

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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

10,000 Birds

Given how far Hokkaido is from Europe, it seems a bit surprising how many bird species wintering on this Japanese island have a name starting with “Eurasian” Or how many of these species I have also seen in my parents’ garden in Germany. In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis.

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Hard for you to say you’re sorry?

Sales and Marketing Management

New research we conducted with Professor Nick Lee of Warwick Business School focuses on the apology because unless those three recovery activities are communicated effectively in the right apology framework, you reduce the possibility that everyone inside your affected client company will appreciate and give you credit for your efforts.

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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

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The Azure-winged Magpie seems to be a favorite subject of intelligence tests – resulting in papers with fancy titles such as “Performance of Azure-winged magpies in Aesop’s fable paradigm” “We are not only ornithologists, we also know about classical culture” Wow. But I may well be wrong.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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The best female strategy seems to be to mate with as many of the males as possible, as this means more help in feeding the chicks by all the potential fathers (I guess the fathers do not have easy access to paternity tests). With regard to their music taste, the research results were inconclusive. ” Full iteration!

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Hunters will be required to pass and ID test.

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