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Ban on Ape Testing Proposed in EU

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Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU. Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Is this a solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1

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This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Similar legislation permitted the NIH itself to enter into deals with drug companies that would directly transfer NIH discoveries to industry. But universities and scientists are not always there working for pure learning or the improvement of humanity.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

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In May 1992 European Union governments adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. This legislation is called the Habitats Directive and complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Seven cities and one state have enacted legislation and ordinances mandating bird-friendly construction (not a lot, but it’s a start, and NYC and Toronto are on the top of that list). The American Bird Conservancy offers a Glass Collisions Products & Solutions Database, where products are evaluated and rated.

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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. ” Take that, spoonbill.

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EU Bans Use of Great Apes in Animal Research

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Europe banned the use of great apes in animal testing Wednesday as part of drastically tightened rules to scale back the number of animals used in scientific research. I wish we could do the same here in the US, but I highly doubt it.especially considering that Congress may go Republican in November. From the AFP.

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