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Wed Aug 27

• A Rare Albino Southern Right Whale Calf at West Australia's Flinder's Bay: 2008-08-27 :: Australia.. From Planet Ark Environmental News Pictures (Reuters).. GREAT pic of the baby whale.. BUT.. My understanding of "albino&q uot; is that there is a full lack of pigmentation.. This guy is "mottled& quot;, speckled..

Tue Aug 26

• ABC News: The Beauty of Albinism

Thu Aug 14

• Bird Table News
• McCook Daily Gazette: Story: Child with albinism

Sun Jul 27

• OMIM - HERMANSKY-PUDL AK SYNDROME; HPS: Medical description & research
• BBC: Tanzania albinos targeted again: 26 albinos killed in the last year. Witchdoctors are thought to be behind the killings. They use albino organs such as hair, arms, legs and blood to make potions which they claim make people wealthy.

Tue Jul 22

• Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos: "Twenty-f ive people with albinism have been murdered in Tanzania since March... Albinos are targeted for body parts that are used in witchcraft, and killings continue despite government efforts to stamp out the grisly practice...&qu ot;
• Albinism in Culture Visual Images - Striking Images Affirm Celebrate Albinisms Humanity: This article celebrates recent projects that use photographs and film images to capture the human side of albinism.

Tue Jul 15

• Albinism Fellowship UK and Ireland: Albinism is a comparitively rare genetically inherited group of condition which results in a reduction or...

Tue Jul 8

• Albinism in Culture Film - Hollywood Exploits Albinism to Give Our Deepest Fears a Human Face: This article examines how Hollywood exploits the genetic condition of albinism (the inability to produce melanin) to make villains more appalling. The piece discusses albinism' s use in numerous feature films and provides quotes and resources.

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