Critter News

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The mini-pig, darling of celebrities’ handbags, may have had its bacon Sunday after the EU earmarked it as the laboratory test animal of the future. A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys.

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Pigs Monkeys Animal Research Europe 100

Critter News

APRIL 5, 2010

Disturbing picture of monkey being injected. Caution on this story.

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Malaysia Animal Monkeys Animal Research 100

Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday. If animal testing cannot be conducted in the United States or Europe, I see no reason why they should be allowed here," Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying.

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Malaysia Investigation Rodents Rabbits 100

Critter News

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? There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take.

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Critter News

JUNE 24, 2010

MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing. From Straits Time.

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Malaysia Research Rodents Rabbits 100

Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2012

The coalition – the Canadian Coalition Against Animal Research and Experimentation (CCAARE) which includes the Calgary Animal Rights Effort, Stop Animal Testing at Dalhousie University, and Stop UBC Animal Research among many others – also urged the Canadian Transportation Agency to approve Air Canada's new policy.

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Primates Canada Animal Advocacy Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

also the crime rate lower than in developed countries, stable politics, reasonable prices and landscapes as green as can be.

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Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 129

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. ” Once we arrived, the boatman expertly guided us through the many river channels where we observed Mantled Howler Monkeys lounging lazily on thick branches, various kingfishers, and more. Photo by James Adams.

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Honduras Monkeys America Birds 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. The new rankings will be used in a major conservation initiative called the Edge of Existence program at the London Zoo. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Apes 178

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport.

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Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

New World Vultures are their own family, Cathartidae, that has moved around a bit with the proliferation of genetic testing such that for a while they were thought to be allied with storks, but is now pretty well within, but not too within, the other diurnal raptors. millions years ago.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 179

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how easily my spotting scope with a mounted window clamp fits in – test passed with flying colours. Other wildlife includes Phayre’s Leaf Monkey. What purpose rucksack did I choose? I clearly miss travelling, long distance travelling.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 270

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Presumably, Grey-throated Babblers are not very fond of monkeys, especially the (potentially misnamed) Grey Leaf Monkey. On the morning of day 4 at Nonggang, I had a sore throat but a covid test was negative, so birding continued … This is the male with an invisible white tail … … while it is visible here.

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China Vietnam Monkeys Birds 147