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New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer

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Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. From the AP.

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Some of America?s Avian Treasures

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These birds also invite one to sites that are unique within the United States – the climate, vegetation, and landscapes all add context and heighten the experience of seeing one’s first Elegant Trogon or Painted Bunting. New Mexico Nature & Culture. So let’s look at this sampler, shall we? Painted Bunting by Carlos Sanchez.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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The economic impact of refuge visitation is broad: Recreational visitors pay for recreation through entrance fees, lodging near the refuge, and purchases from local businesses for items to pursue their recreational experience. This spending supports economic activity throughout the local economy.

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Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees

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However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.".

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. They deserve better and we are capable of providing them with better.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. I started eBirding about the same time I started birding, and I made an early executive decision (a very good one) that any pre-eBird observations simply did not count.

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A Colorful Finch in Colorful Colorado

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It is this season we experience vast musical repertoires, green canopies, hot air, and bustling energy. Their range of breeding is literally only very southern Wyoming to very northern New Mexico. Thanks for reading and I really hope you all can make it to Colorado to experience the best breeding birds in the United States!

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