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Popular Porcupine Ads Prod NY Governor

Activists say state aid cuts will hurt wildlife industry

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2009 3:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – New York’s wildlife advocates are hoping an unemployed porcupine can help in a prickly battle with Gov.David Paterson, Audubon Magazine reports. Paterson has proposed cutting $9 million from the state’s 76 zoos, botanical gardens, and aquariums. To convince lawmakers to reject the...   Read full story »

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