Monkeys Driven to Self-Mutilation and Depression by Experimenters

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Self-Mutilation and Depression: Monkeys Used in Labs or Entertainment Always Suffer

Many primates in laboratories have barely enough room to sit, stand, lie down, or turn around—often for years. Whether it’s for laboratories or the entertainment industry, baby monkeys are torn away from their mothers. Their lives are typically full of loneliness and depression, and they often resort to self-mutilation in these unnatural, hellish conditions.

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ICYMI: ‘People Against Monkey Experiments’ Is Now on Facebook

We’re looking for compassionate people to join the online movement to get monkeys out of laboratories. “Like” the new page “People Against Monkey Experiments” on Facebook for daily urgent actions to help monkeys.

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There Will Be No Liberty for Dogs Until This Company Cuts Its Deadly Connection

Look at how cold and miserable these dogs are. Companies like Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo, and ExxonMobil have all cut ties with the Iditarod after hearing from supporters like you, so help keep the good news coming for dogs by urging Liberty Media/GCI to do the same and stop funding this deadly dog race.

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Geese use as many as 13 different calls to convey warnings, extend greetings, and express emotions such as happiness. They communicate with their babies while the goslings are still inside their shells, and they even hand down their migratory routes from generation to generation.

 
 

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