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Primate Pets

Primates as "Pets"? Not on Your Life

Will Travers | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
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Will Travers

Non-human primates are celebrated as our closest living relatives, but they are still wild animals. Whether acting out of instinct or intent, "pet" primates are capable of wreaking havoc on humans who pay the tragic price when things, inevitably, go wrong.

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Unfinished Business

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Michael Markarian

Among the very first Congressional bills introduced this week were two important measures to protect wildlife and should be on the fast track to getting over the finish line in the new session.

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