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MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) — A nature center in Mystic has an unusual request. It’s asking the public to donate dead mice.

The Day of New London reports that the Denison Pequotsepos Nature is no longer receiving donations of frozen mice from Pfizer and the Charles River Laboratory to feed 20 animals, including owls, eagles and snakes.

The two firms donated extra laboratory mice used in research but the donations have recently stopped. The nonprofit center now faces costs of $24,000 a year to buy mice.



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