Critter News

MAY 24, 2010

testing a vaginal gel on monkeys. Now this is pretty gross. I understand it's for HIV prevention, but still. Disturbing. The gel was applied vaginally to three pigtailed macaques twice a week for seven weeks. Thirty minutes after each gel application, the animals were exposed to SHIV, for a total of 14 "challenges."

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APRIL 6, 2009

These are not subject monkeys, but they are part of the breeding colony. The last of nine monkeys that escaped from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro was found at 2 p.m. Nine Japanese macaque monkeys got loose Friday after their keeper left the cage unlocked and they figured out how to open the door.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Reportedly, the monkey returned safely from its flight into space. Of course, this was reported by the Iranian State media so who knows what is true.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Thai Highway Police in Sa Kaeo province have rescued 24 baby crab-eating monkeys, arresting a Thai driver and five undocumented Cambodians attempting to smuggle the endangered species to Cambodia, where they were destined for cooking pots in.Chinese specialty restaurants in Cambodia.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. Monkey business is big business in the United States, where some people pay up to $5,000 to adopt a monkey of their own, often a capuchin monkey, which can grow up to 22 inches and 9 pounds. This is seriously weird stuff.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Today’s photo is of Baby in her monkey jogging suit. Our dog enjoys wearing her clothes, in fact, she can hardly wait to put them on! Nice and warm for these cold winter mornings. What about your pet, do they like to wear clothing? If you are taking part in Wordless Wednesday be sure to join the blog hop below.

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Critter News

JUNE 3, 2009

Viral DNA was used to introduce a gene for a green fluorescent protein into monkeys, creating a new line of "glow-in-the-dark" transgenic primates for drug research work. Tags: genetics animal experimentation animal research monkeys. That way you can always find them in the dark! (Oh, Oh, by the way, drug researchers love this.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo.

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JULY 22, 2010

Caught at the airport in Mexico City, he had 18 of these monkeys and two of them were dead.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. In our opinion, Air Canada is not legally obligated to accept monkeys as cargo," said the opinion written by Lawyers for Animal Welfare.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2009

In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks. The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass.,

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. In other words, the group of mammals that includes all the monkeys, which is rather large (and not accurately defined because I’ve not said what a “monkey” is … am I including lemurs?)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2015

It was past midnight when the forest gets rather quite when I started to hear monkeys near my tent pinched by an oxbow lake. But monkeys are diurnal except for Owl-monkeys that make only chip and shrill calls. Insects sounds taper off after a few hours letting owls, nightjars, pygmy-owls and potoos finally be clearly heard.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

And that doesn’t even include crossing tracks with Blue Monkey , Red-tailed Monkey , and Tree Hyrax. Although Kibale famously offers a more complete chimpanzee experience, the long views the Royal Mile served up left me plenty satisfied. Smart chimps steer clear of weird birders.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Howler monkeys! My first-ever wild monkeys! Monkeys!!!!! Creatures like another species of monkey, White-headed Capuchin , Cebus capucinus , which are also known as White-faced Capuchins. Golden-mantled Howlers ! Somehow, I restrained myself and we moved on to see more awesome creatures in the mangroves.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2011

Upon our arrival in late afternoon we explored the nearby Red-capped Manakin Trail and saw a pair of Tawny-faced Quail and managed to photograph a hauler monkey, Spot-crowned Antvireo and a Black-headed Antthrush at dusk. Also this area was impacted by small towns and small farms that have setup along the access road.

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JUNE 13, 2021

In Oregon you can’t own any “dangerous” wild animals, but you can get a special permit for a service monkey and anyone can fill their backyard with giraffes. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine. In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine. Are we fed up yet?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Lots of monkeys there too. In Central America, that translates to King Vultures , flocks of Scarlet Macaws , exciting mixed flocks, lots of uncommon forest birds, daily monkeys, and trails with the tracks of Puma, tapir, and Jaguar. As befits an end of the road destination, Luna Lodge is true wilderness birding.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

and near-endemic Golden-backed Uakari monkeys ( Cacajao melanocephalus ). And then there was an odd moment, when the skipper slowed down and we started searching the tree-crowns for monkeys, or birds… nothing, then the skipper manoeuvred around to collect a single can of beer floating in the river. Photo by Juan Carlos.

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JUNE 27, 2018

For example, it would make a huge amount of sense for suspensory feeding monkeys to have six, not four, limbs. Monkey is a common, not scientific, term. People use the terms “primate” and “monkey” interchangeably, and refer to such things as lemurs as monkeys. And that makes total sense and is a great thing to know.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

Plus, I saw awesome bats, bugs, butterflies, herps, pitcher plants, and four of the five possible monkey species: Dusky Leaf Monkey , Banded Leaf Monkey , Southern Pig-tailed Macaque , and Long-tailed Macaque. On the other hand, I saw the highly desirable Rail-babbler as well as a malkoha and didn’t get any leeches!

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Not sure yet, but it could happen per this action alert from Physicians for Responsible Medicine.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2011

Chum monkeys are those who are paid to keep the chum flying off the back of the boat.* Even if nothing particularly rare comes in there are always the gulls… … *Some chum monkeys are paid by being allowed to come along on the pelagic trip for free. What, exactly, is chum? … a.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2012

The short-sighted monkey creatures in charge of our planet have long equated “cold-blooded” with “evil”, and while amphibians have generally been rehabilitated into the cute/charming category — except in Australia — reptiles still get short shrift in the world of ecological marketing.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2011

Tree leaves have a reputation for being hard to digest and animals, such as monkeys, that feed primarily on leaves, spend most of their time either eating or resting while their guts, with their specialised bacteria, break down the cellulose and extract the goodness from the meal.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2015

If you follow baseball, you’ve probably heard of the “ rally squirrel ” and the infamous “ rally monkey.” (Check out more photos of these beauties, like the one above, at the USFWS Southeast Region’s Flickr site ; and video of their transfer to the flight cage at [link] ).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The forests are also home to Asiatic Elephants and Capped Langur Monkeys. The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Johannesburg - A Bloemfontein man received a criminal record on Friday for a "backyard experiment" on a pregnant monkey, the NSPCA said. The NSPCA in November 2008 charged Jordaan for his "merciless treatment" of a heavily pregnant vervet monkey. She said the monkey's infant was removed by Caesarean section on October 31.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. NASA had planned to irradiate 30 live squirrel monkeys in a misguided attempt to learn the effects of deep-space radiation. Because of your hard work, these monkeys will not be irradiated or otherwise abused.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

My third trip was six months spend working on a monkey project in the jungles of Uganda. In Uganda I would often cross paths with Chimpanzees as they went about their lives and I went about mine (which was living with a troop of monkeys). The second trip was for my masters project ( the one with the cave ). Amazing stuff.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. For the full story, g o here to the Vancouver Sun.

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

The warning cited three errors in veterinary care, including a serious 2007 incident where a pregnant monkey died when a researcher failed to notice she was having a troubled labor. The two other incidents involved a sponge being left in a monkey after surgery and a surgery performed on the wrong monkey.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. That's why he created rats and monkeys. God created monkeys, and some have to be tested.". This is pretty vile in my opinion.

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MARCH 10, 2009

The article discusses how scientists are infecting monkeys with a surrogate HIV virus that does not even lead to AIDS, begging the question of why infect them in first place if there's no real simulation of what happens in humans? Tags: animal experimentation medical research monkeys. It’s just a question of WILL.

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APRIL 18, 2010

The controversy over primate research is not going away any time soon, due to the paradox of primate research -- the more similarities between monkeys and humans that are discovered, the more researchers will argue those similarities make it valid to use monkeys in research on human diseases.

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