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Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates

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Analysis by Alejandro Estrada and Paul A. Garber. (This article originally appeared at Mongabay.com on 29 December 2019. Republished here under Creative Commons license, CC BY-ND 4.0) Alejandro Estrada of the Institute of Biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Paul A. Garber of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois-Urbana […]
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Americans spend $70 billion on pets, and that money could do more good

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Photo Credit: star5112, CC BY-SA Author: Sandra Woien, Arizona State University Sylar, the border collie, has his own mansion along with a trampoline and indoor pool. The dog’s adorable features, along with his notable intelligence, earned his owner’s devotion along with many social media fans. Sylar’s mansion, where other pets can visit and indulge in […]