1.0 link 218084 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/florida-turtle-tunnel-pro_b_218084.html Here in Washington, there's a small group of out-of-touch lawmakers who make a habit of trivializing and mocking animal issues, such as when Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) made light of legislation to halt the trade in primates as pets--even though a woman in Connecticut had just been horribly disfigured by a pet chimpanzee. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is now holding up that bill in the Senate, and he's targeted yet another project included in the federal stimulus package: a...

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