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Ricky Gervais is backing a campaign to stamp out the trade in baby monkeys for laboratory research, branding the practise “shameful” and “disgusting”.
Officials at the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) are calling for an end to the international industry, claiming thousands of wild primates are taken from their families every year for export to research centers.
And animal-loving funnyman Gervais…
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Paris Hilton must be hopping mad – she’s adopted 20 bunnies which were set to become snacks for snakes.
The animal-loving socialite already has a huge collection of pets at her Los Angeles mansion, including 17 dogs, a number of cats and even several exotic birds.
And after making one of her regular trips to the pet store, Hilton couldn’t help but step in…
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Glee actress Jane Lynch forced producers of the hit show to rewrite one of her lines – because she couldn’t bear to talk about skinning cats.
The animal-loving star, who plays outspoken teacher Sue Sylvester in the series, received a script for one episode in which she was asked to tell Matthew Morrison’s character Will Schuester she would torture him.
But Lynch told writers…
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Leonardo DiCaprio is set to welcome a new member into his household – he reportedly bought a $400 tortoise after attending a reptile event in California over the weekend.
The Titanic star enjoyed a day out at the North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show in Anaheim with his Inception co-star Lukas Haas on Saturday.
And DiCaprio was so taken by a special…
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Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil’s new private jet company was launched “out of necessity” – due to the travel needs of the singer’s two dogs.
The heavy metal frontman launched Vince Neil Aviation earlier this year – and he’s currently wooing rock stars to lease one of his three jets so that the airline can make enough money to stay afloat.
According to New…
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Actress Kaley Cuoco is missing out on filming hit U.S. show The Big Bang Theory after reportedly breaking her leg in a horseriding accident at the weekend.
The star is currently in a Los Angeles hospital following a nasty fall, and will have to miss the taping of the popular sitcom on Tuesday night, according to TMZ.com.
Sources tell the website that if she…
