• The disturbing question posed by IQ tests - are chimps cleverer than us?

  Could you be dumber than a chimp? That's not as daft a question as it once was. After all, science has proved that chimpanzees share 99 per cent of our DNA.

• My legend avatar Boris and UK creationism

  Boris looks terrifying but friendly - one of those sort of 'is really happy and nice most of the time but if you spill his pint he will eat you' types. But of course he wouldn't do that, because he's a friendly creation-dinosaur and was a vegetarian and lived with humans frolicking in the Garden of Eden and just chillin generally. Until Eve ate the apple, introduced sin into the world, and made animals start eacting each other.

• Humans share lemur gaze tendency

  Scientists studying the human tendency to follow the gaze of other people have found a link to the behaviour of lemurs, a distant primate relative.

• Are prisoners embracing religion for better ‘conditions’

  Meals specially prepared for religious inmates are usually better quality than standard fare, said Walter Taylor, a 32-year-old inmate in Monroe. He is a devout Muslim, but said he had to claim other faiths with the prison system in order to meet requirements in the Quran for the practice of Islam.

• EDM 510: Pre-Stunning of Animals for Slaughter

  The regulation of methods of slaughter of animals for food is predicated on a public policy of minimising the suffering of animals - slaughtering should be humane and cause the least suffering and pain possible.

News from ActiVeg

• US: Senate committee approves bill exempting animal testing

  A Senate committee Monday narrowly approved a controversial bill that would exempt scientific experiments in research laboratories from Arizona's animal cruelty statutes.

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• Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada

  The wolverine, a predator renowned for its strength and tenacious character, may be slowly melting away along with the snowpack upon which it lives.

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• Burrowing US prairie dogs use complex language

  A tiny rodent may have the most sophisticated language of any animal.

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• Ultimate Fighting Championship event features Vegan Mac Danzig

  Mac Danzig faces Justin Buchholz in the Feb. 6 pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 109: “Relentless.” A noteworthy side story to the event: Mac Danzig is a vegan.

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• Help wanted for restaurant documentary

  Juniper Studio needs your help on producing a documentary on the best and worst of restaurants in the UK.

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• Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat

  By April, another 900 whales will have died for little profit. So what drives the Japanese to go on defying world opinion?

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• Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs

  Widespread and ancient practice of eating dog meat increasingly distasteful for China's growing affluent, pet-loving middle class.

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• BUAV welcomes DEFRA statement on animal testing under REACH

  The Minister clearly states in an answer today that animal testing under REACH should be a last resort and that companies must not conduct pre-emptive testing before testing proposals are agreed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA):

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• US: Judge rules that the Animal Liberation Front is not a gang

  January 26, 2009 Judge David S. Wesley ruled that the Animal Liberation Front is not a "gang." The government had tried to find two animal rights protestors guilty of being "gang members."

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• Hollywood celebrities turning to vegetarianism

  Many Hollywood and other celebrities are flocking to vegetarianism for health and ethical reasons, besides reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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