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Animals News tagged with primates

ACTION ALERT: End the UK Primate Pet Trade!!
Animals  (tags: primates, wild animals, torn from wild, captive, pet trade, suffering, disaster, tragedies, legalisation, protection )

Simone
- 12 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Wild Futures, formerly The Monkey Sanctuary Trust, based in Cornwall, is a registered charity, which draws on over 40 years of experience caring for unwanted ex-pet monkeys. The Trust is working hard to raise awareness of and put an end to the cruel
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Hyenas Cooperate, Problem-Solve Better Than Primates
Animals  (tags: animals, hyenas, primates, cooperation, behavior, wildanimals, wildlife, investigation, study, research )

Dee
- 53 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Spotted hyenas may not be smarter than chimpanzees, but a new study shows that they outperform the primates on cooperative problem-solving tests.
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New Safe Havens Created in China and Vietnam for Two of World's Most Endangered Primates
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, safe havens, primates, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 57 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
There is new hope for the survival of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and the Cao vit gibbon, two of the world's most endangered primates, with the designation of two new protected areas in Vietnam and China. Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has been
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Safe Havens for Rarest Primates! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, primates, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 57 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two of the world's rarest primates are to be helped by the creation of new nature reserves in south-east Asia.
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Primate Center to Open at University of Wisconsin
Animals  (tags: UW, USA, primates, animalexperiments, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, animaladvocates, animalwelfare, animalrights )

Joanna
- 70 days ago - badgerherald.com
University wins land over activist group after 4-year court battle settles dispute When owner received an offer from University Research Park, he sought to dissolve his prior agreement with the animal rights activists.
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EXPERTS LAUNCH OPERATION 'SHINING EXAMPLE'
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, primates, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 80 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
Zambian President turns to Munda Wanda Trust and Born Free Foundation to resolve primate problems
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ACTION ALERT: Stand Up For Great Apes!!!
Animals  (tags: great ape protection, laws, legalisation, primates, primate testing, experiments, evil cruelty )

Simone
- 83 days ago - secure3.convio.net
USA residents only - AAVS is pleased to report that the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) is steadily gaining momentum in Congress. Since its reintroduction in March, the number of co-sponsors is up from 22 to a total of 64, and the bill has been
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No Monkey Business: Thailand Launches Primate Birth Control
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, primates, birth control, Thailand, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 88 days ago - reuters.com
Thailand is trying to limit the number of monkeys that roam freely in the town of Lopburi after residents complained the primate tourist attractions are becoming more annoying, and aggressive.
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Support The Captive Primate Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, primates, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 106 days ago - change.org
"There are an estimated 15,000 monkeys and other primates in private hands in the United States. Sadly, many primates kept as pets end up abused or neglected. Often acquired as infants, as they grow they can become too dangerous to handle.
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Rare Sighting of One of the World's Most Endangered Primates
Animals  (tags: animals, primates, sightings, endangered, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 107 days ago - fauna-flora.org
A new 'Community Conservation Team' that FFI helped set up and train in May has sighted the incredibly rare and elusive Tonkin snub-nosed monkey - on its first ever patrol of the forest
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Urge Congress to Support the Great Ape Protection Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, primates, research, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 128 days ago - change.org
The United States is the only nation that still uses chimpanzees in large-scale, invasive research. Many countries have banned research and testing on chimpanzees because of a growing awareness of the scientific problems with these experiments.
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International Animal Rescue: Protecting Primates in Indonesia (Part Two)
Animals  (tags: animals, Indonesia, protection, primates, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 130 days ago - advocacy.britannica.com
In spite of IAR's determination to limit its field of activity, sometimes a cry for help is so urgent and so desperate that it simply cannot be ignored. For one species in Indonesia--the orangutan--the situation could not be more critical.
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The Use of Primates in Scientific Experiments - Necessary or Avoidable?
Animals  (tags: animals, primates, scientific experiments, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, suffering )

Cher
- 135 days ago - all-creatures.org
Every year, more than 100 000 monkeys and apes are used for biomedical research around the world. Because primates have close and sometimes unique similarities to humans, their use is still deemed necessary in the safety testing of new pharmaceuticals
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PRIMATE ESCAPES AT UK ZOOS
Animals  (tags: animals, primates, escaped, zoos, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 137 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
Visitors and staff at Chester Zoo on Sunday can consider themselves very lucky following the reported escape of up to 30 chimpanzees from their main enclosure into a service area. Fortunately, all the animals were returned and no-one was hurt.
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DLC: Animals: Slow Loris
Animals  (tags: habitat, pets, protection, animaladvocates, primates )

Raffi
- 140 days ago - lemur.duke.edu
Slow lorises are one of three species of loris maintained at the Lemur Center (the others are pygmy slow lorises and slender lorises). All three of these species are members of the family Lorisidae which includes lorises, galagos
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