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The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary has welcomed a macaque! He had been found living in horrendous conditions (see how bad by watching this
53-second video, and then compare it with this 13-second video of our Primate Sanctuary!) at a roadside zoo in Mississippi after an undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States revealed serious animal welfare issues there. The macaque, as yet unnamed, was taken from the zoo on Jan. 25 and on the next day arrived at our 186-acre sanctuary in south Texas. According to Sanctuary Director Tim Ajax:

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Share your love for animals with the one you love this Valentine's Day by shopping with Born Free USA. You can do so in a number of ways, including with our new "Prime Mate" Gift Adoption. It's for our Primate Sanctuary.

Bill description: This bill was drafted by Born Free USA. It would make it illegal to purchase, sell, transport or deliver any product, item or substance containing, labeled or advertised as containing bear gallbladder or bile.

Read the full text of the bill and follow its progress here.

West Virginia is one of only eight states left (the others being Alabama, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Wisconsin) lacking any restriction or oversight for the private possession of exotic animals. Born Free USA, a recognized leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation, is working to put an end to the epidemic of exotic animals as “pets” in this country.

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The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Jan. 24. The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently listed the animals as "critically endangered" after their numbers dropped to between 2,400 and 2,800 from an estimated 5,000 in 1985.

Link: Huffington Post