You can watch it here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7011731. It’s a little more than eight minutes long and parts of it are difficult to see. But if you use any pharmaceuticals at all, including over-the-counter medicines, then you must watch. It’s your responsibility. s.
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Thanks to Vanessa for sending along this update from HSUS about tonight’s Nightline program. WATCH. Tonight, go inside a research facility with an undercover investigator for The Humane Society of the United States. For nine months, she investigated the wretched existence of chimpanzees and other primates who are warehoused or used for research in laboratories [...]
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You know that I follow several blogs at Wildlife Direct and one of those is Lola Ya Bonobo, the sanctuary in the DRC for orphaned bonobos. The blog is written and maintained by Vanessa Woods, author and research scientist at Duke University. She sent along this blog written by her husband, Dr. Brian Hare, also [...]
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This morning I’ve run across two stories that highlight that human apes do not learn from their mistakes, especially when it comes to wildlife. The first comes from Erik Marcus’ excellent blog at vegan.com about the return of Montecore, the tiger who attacked Roy of Siegfried and Roy. It seems these two jackasses brought the [...]
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I didn’t blog about the horrible events involving Travis, a captive chimpanzee, his human jailer, and the unfortunate woman he attacked because I posted a lot on my Facebook. Now that Karen Dawn is back from her book tour, she’s written an excellent DawnWatch Alert about the incident and the passage in the House of [...]
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I should’ve posted this sooner, it’s been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks, but here’s more information on the Year of the Gorilla from the official Web site. The idea of creating a year devoted to gorilla conservation belongs to the following groups: the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the UNEP/UNESCO [...]
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If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift this year, why not send a gift donation to Wildlife Direct? You’ll get a cute certificate in return and help conservationists in the field in Africa, South America, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and other countries. Instead of giving more stuff, give something that matters this year. It’ll make [...]
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I get their newsletter every month and I’m completely impressed with this organization and their mission to save chimpanzees used by our government in laboratory experiments. Watch, learn, visit their Web site and help save the chimps. Part I Part II s.
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Patti Ragan, the head of the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, sent a notice about a new documentary featuring Anjelica Huston and focusing on chimpanzees in entertainment. Here’s the LA Times story, written by Rachel Abramowitz: TICKETED: “Speed Racer” earned an “unacceptable” rating from the American Humane Assn. for chimpanzee abuse. The documentary [...]
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Today I have two alerts from DawnWatch including an opportunity to meet Karen Dawn at a book signing in the District! The first alert is from last Friday, but I held it back to get more of you to participate in the effort to stop CITES from lifting the ban on elephant ivory trading. Please [...]
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