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Costa Rica Opens! What About the Birding?

10,000 Birds

As long as they meet these two requirements, birders can come on down and contemplate the gorget colors of Volcano Hummingbirds and look for hundreds of tropical bird species: Visitors need to fill out an official health form. Visitors need to provide proof of health insurance approved by Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health. The Birding.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Tags: europe animal research medical research. Maybe you'll feel some guilt about it. How lucky for you that your "subjects" can't speak.

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Question Everything.Including Scientists

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Testing drugs on animal is unpleasant. There is only one alternative to testing drugs on animals: testing them on humans. Once we are no longer so advanced, should we then be valued less and then subjected to experiments for this new and "unique" species of the future? No one likes doing it. How about this?

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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According to the Members of Parliament (MPs), who adopted the report on its first review last week, all planned tests should be subject to mandatory ethical assessments to take into account the concerns of the public on the matter. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.

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Water Worries—How We're Drugging Other Species

Animal Ethics

Traces of analgesics, antidepressants, antibiotics, antihistamines, anti-hypertension drugs, anti-seizure medications, and birth control hormones are turning up in the Nation's municipally-delivered drinking water and also in our rivers, lakes, and streams. Today, people have to worry about much more than fluoride in their water.

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