Thursday, April 29, 2004

Don't use it!

Bushmeat and ape on the hoof in the Congo. Great Ape Survival Project says not to indulge.

And, Rowland must go.

Are you the brain specialist?

Researchers find genes that give humans such freakishly large brains. No word on why many humans are so stupid, for all that.

And, Rowland must go.

"bushmeat can be easily obtained in many communities if you know who is selling it"

Bushmeat in the US, says Pacific News Service. Some recipes.

And, Rowland must go.

"referred to incorrectly as "pygmy" chimpanzees"

Baby bonobo born at San Diego Wild Animal Park.

And, Rowland must go.

"a tree fell against the perimeter of their enclosure"

Eight chimpanzees have brief taste of freedom at Kansas City Zoo. No injuries, human or simian.

And, Rowland must go.

"Agriculture has had a larger environmental impact than any other human activity"

WWF advocates mass starvation, sleeper holds.

And, Rowland must go.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

"If it looks exciting enough, then they can come in"

Sydney zoos to install webcams, VPN, encourage staff to work 24x7 from home. Your boss, and mine, watching project intently.

And, Rowland must go.

"clearing of land for farms and pastures also took a toll"

Guerillas responsible for gorilla losses. "The only viable solution to this crisis is the participation of local people in the stewardship of their biological heritage." This will require millions of dollars from the US, it seems.

And, Rowland must go.

"disproving the idea that mammals are born with all the neurons they will ever have"

Princeton prof takes an interest in marmoset brains.

And, Rowland must go.

Monday, April 26, 2004

"a sub-region of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus"

Rhesus monkeys don't get Alzheimer's, but scientists can at least make them senile.

And, Rowland must go.

"When you keep a monkey as a pet it's not the best thing"

Nemo, an alcoholic seven-month-old South African blue vervet monkey, drying out at World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary.

And, Rowland must go.

"When I began, there was no need to save the chimps"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall blames world's ills on "our lifestyles, commerce and policies," advocates simple-minded tranzi agenda to school-children who don't know any better.

And, Rowland must go.

"If you've lived alone in a cage for 15 years ... it's a horrifying experience"

Anti-human activists meet at Boston yapfest to trade stories, swear off modern medicine.

And, Rowland must go.