BBC News – The world’s first film shot entirely by chimpanzees is to be broadcast by the BBC as part of a natural history documentary. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm
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Prions ‘may keep nerves healthy’By AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
BBC News – Experiments on mice may help scientists understand the workings of the prion protein linked to brain disease vCJD. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8476093.stm
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Keeping birds away from BWI is a multi-pronged attackBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
BaltimoreSun.com – At BWI Thurgood Marshall airport, U.S. Department of Agriculture biologist Jeremy Smith shows how he shoots a cap pistol designed to scare away birds by its sound and flare. http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bal-md.cm.birds25jan25,0,2072161.story
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Farmer’s Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves PigletBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
KPTV.com – ‘Pig Pig’ Survives With Help Of Farmer, Dog – http://www.kptv.com/entertainment/22319061/detail.html
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Injured Sea Lion Rescued After Month-Long EvasionBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
KTVU.com – A rescue team from the Marine Mammal Center captured an injured sea lion at Moss Landing Harbor Sunday after evading rescuers for almost a month. http://www.ktvu.com/news/22328329/detail.html
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ASPCA raid Clarksdale animal shelterBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
WMC-TV – Animal protective services raided a Mid-South animal shelter Sunday afternoon. http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11873493
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Domestic animal control crew saves two alligators from Milwaukee homeBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
BaltimoreSun.com – The Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control is used to picking up stray cats and dogs, but what they picked up in the Washington Park neighborhood surprised everyone. http://www.baltimoresun.com/witi-100120-alligators,0,64124.story
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Gorillas ‘ape humans’ over gamesBy AWIC on January 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
BBC News – Gorillas play competitive games just like humans, according to scientists at the University of St Andrews. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8474358.stm
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Dr Simon Y Liu named NAL Director,By AWIC on January 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
Dr Simon Y Liu named NAL Director, effective 2/14: http://bit.ly/5fCM3L(PDF) We look forward to working with him!
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First birth of a wild bear to be shown live on internetBy AWIC on January 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
BBC News – Bear biologist Professor Lynn Rogers has placed a webcam into the den of a pregnant wild black bear living in the woods of northern Minnesota, US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8462000/8462296.stm



