Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here's a post on the Red, Green and Blue blog about the unspeakable trade in macaque monkeys as research subjects. Around 10,000 are bred and exported from Mauritius to the US, UK and Japan. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates medical research.

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Primates Research Medical Research Mauritius 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Prepping For Spring Spring in East Harbour Regional Park.Or Mauritius: birding some less well-known spots Pinch Me… I’m Going to Ecuador! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Spring is Coming! These Blasts From The Past Sometimes you just have to smile!

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Cyprus 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Others are only known from a specimen or two sitting in the drawer of a research institution. Mauritius Night-Heron. Mauritius Owl. They are all as dead as a Dodo but they don’t even have the dignity of being remembered. Olson’s Petrel. Viti Levu Scrubfowl. Maupiti Monarch. Kona Grosbeak. Ryukyu Woodpigeon.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research. Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund. .” By 1970 the man who championed Peregrines had convinced Cornell University to build a Hawk Barn for captive breeding of these birds.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 214

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Pink pigeon near Le Pétrin, Mauritius by Michael Hanselmann, used under Creative Commons license. A bit of background: Pink Pigeons are medium-sized, pink/gray/ brown birds found on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons). More about the Dodo in a minute.)

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