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A long-tailed macaque kept for use in clinical research sits in a cage, May 23, 2020, in Saraburi Province, north of Bangkok. Some residents and an animal rights group on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, protested plans to build a $400 million facility in the southwest Georgia town of Bainbridge to breed long-tailed macaques for medical research.

Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest

Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents are urging the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a company called Safer Human Medicine.

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Staff and volunteers load a camel into a vehicle to be evacuated from Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 4. The zoo has been shelled repeatedly during the Russian invasion. At least five staff or volunteers were killed and nearly 100 animals at the zoo died as of April.

War takes a heavy toll on animals too. See how people in Ukraine strive to save them

Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.

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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Carol Guzy
Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox warms up in the bullpen before a game against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on Aug. 1, 2017.

PETA wants MLB to rename the 'bullpen' to 'arm barn'

A day before Game 3 of the World Series, the animal rights organization released a statement saying the term "bullpen" is insensitive to cows and bulls. The suggestion drew mixed reactions.

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  • Tien Le