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The National Institutes of Health have decided to end research on most of its chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Meanwhile, the USFWS has proposed adding the species to the Endangered Species List. (Credit: Frank Wouters/Flickr)

Chimpanzees to be Retired from Medical Research in U.S.
(The Canadian Press via CBC News)
It?s official: The U.S. National Institutes of Health plans to end most use of chimpanzees in government medical research, saying humans? closest relatives ?deserve special respect.? The NIH announced that it will retire about 310 government-owned chimpanzees from research over the next few years, and keep only 50 others essentially on retainer ? available if needed for crucial medical studies that could be performed no other way. More

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NEWS FROM NORTH AMERICA

House Rejects Farm Bill as Food Stamp Cuts Prove Divisive
(The New York Times)
The surprise defeat of the farm bill in the House underscored the ideological divide between the more conservative, antispending Republican lawmakers and their leadership, who failed to garner sufficient votes from their caucus as well as from Democrats. The vote against the bill, 234 to 195, comes a year after House leaders pulled the measure off the calendar because conservative lawmakers demanded deeper cuts in the food stamp program and Democrats objected. More

Canada Seizes on Obama?s Keystone XL Pipeline Requirements
(The Globe & Mail)
Keystone XL ? the contentious pipeline project intended to funnel Alberta?s oil sands crude ? will be rejected unless it?s clear that it won?t exacerbate global warming, President Barack Obama said in a major speech outlining sweeping and tougher measures to curb carbon emissions. ?Allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation?s interests,? the President said. More

Climate Change Pushing Chickadee, Maine?s Official Bird, Toward Canada
(Maine Sun Journal)
Does the black vulture stand a chance of becoming the official bird of Maine? Through the process of elimination, it just might, say scientists who released a report about climate change affecting migratory birds. The black-capped chickadee, which has been the official bird of Maine since 1927, has a more northerly habitat than the larger vulture, which has a traditional range that extends from the mid-Atlantic states all the way through South America. More

WILDLIFE HEALTH AND DISEASE NEWS

Wisconsin DNR Suspects Virus Killed Hundreds of Carp
(The Associated Press via Pioneer Press)
Wisconsin fisheries experts say that they think a virus might have played a role in the death of hundreds of carp in two counties this month. David Rowe, Department of Natural Resources? fisheries team supervisor, says carp in two locations started turning up dead around the middle of June. Hundreds died in both locations, he said, adding that the carp probably became infected with koi herpes virus during spawning and developed a secondary bacterial infection. More

Seal Pup ?Bitten by Badger? in Britain Becomes First to Die from Bovine TB
(Yahoo News)
A seal pup washed up on a British beach has become the first to die after contracting bovine TB from a badger bite, experts believe. The ailing animal was discovered on the coast of Cornwall and had to be put down when doctors discovered the disease. Experts think the ?unusual? incident occurred after a badger, drawn to the scent of blood as the pup?s mother gave birth, nipped the youngster before it could get away. More

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Saiga Success: Critically Endangered Antelope Population Doubles in Five Years
(Scientific American)
Well it?s about time I had some success to report about the saiga (Saiga tatarica), the critically endangered antelope species native to Kazakhstan and nearby countries in central Asia. Just a few decades ago saiga populations numbered in the millions. The fall of the Soviet Union brought uncontrolled poaching across the saiga?s range, and 95 percent of the animals were slaughtered for their meat and horns, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine. More

If You Think the City is Loud, You Ought to Hear this New Bird
(LiveScience via NBC News)
Despite its loud call, a new bird species has only just been discovered in Cambodia?s capital city of Phnom Penh, scientists announced. Dubbed the Cambodian tailorbird (Orthotomus chaktomuk), the wren-sized creature has a red cap, gray-to-olive wings and a black throat. It joins the Cambodian laughingthrush as the only bird species unique to Cambodia, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, whose scientists helped make and describe the find online in the Oriental Bird Club?s journal Forktail. More

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