PETA demands that the National Institutes of Health take back grant money awarded to the University of Kansas; the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums prepares to investigate the Calgary Zoo next year; convicted dog fighter Michael Vick receives an award in courage from the Philadelphia Eagles; Canada tries to find a public relations firm to counter anti-seal coverage; and a Washington State man is convicted of selling bear gall bladders.

An agreement in principle on new rules for animal testing has been reached by the European Union; ten laboratory chimpanzees retire to a Florida sanctuary; a Spanish province begins a discussion on banning bullfights; a record number of manatee deaths are recorded in the State of Florida; and the last known dancing bear is rescued in India.

The Calgary Zoo is under scrutiny for yet another animal death; convicted dog fighter Michael Vick is welcomed back to Atlanta; New Zealand is being bombarded with international protests for what many consider to be a transition to “factory farming” in Mackenzie Country; Russia bemoans that fact that it hasn't matched the US in transforming sea lions into military weapons; and a German tourist is caught smuggling 44 lizards out of New Zealand in his underwear.

Stories from this week's episode include the following:

Oklahoma State University makes a controversial decision to halt anthrax testing on baboons; Dutch scientists have a breakthrough by growing meat in a laboratory;  PETA protests against a NASA-funded study to test radiation effects on spider monkeys; a new report outlines the devastation of global warming on the Galapagos Islands; and more than two tons of ivory were seized in an international operation across Eastern Africa.