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The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

4 The Love Of Animals

Sometimes a book just grabs and pulls you in, and The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery is one of those books! I just had to know what was going to happen as the author, Andrew Westoll, worked at this special sanctuary. Also, you can learn more about Fauna Sanctuary at faunafoundation.org.

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12/19/09 Podcast Uploaded

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An agreement in principle on new rules for animal testing has been reached by the European Union; *Ten laboratory chimpanzees retire to a Florida sanctuary; *A Spanish province begins a discussion on banning bullfights; *A record number of manatee deaths are recorded in the State of Florida; *The last known dancing bear is rescued in India.

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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

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That’s the ambitious plan that’s being floated to make New Zealand’s third largest island into its most important natural sanctuary. Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike) And, ultimately, it would itself be the testing ground for an even more ambitious project. Image by Glen Fergus. Insanely ambitious?

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. These highly intelligent animals should be PERMANENTLY retired and a PERMANENT sanctuary created for them.

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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. They may as well be centrifuges or test tubes to these people. This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. Interesting.

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My Favorite Release

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Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve Sophie the Scissortail was the most difficult but the most satisfying bird of the season.”.

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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. Laws remain grossly inadequate as do practices at our nation’s slaughterhouses,” says Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur.