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OCTOBER 8, 2009

It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. There's a reason for the security that keeps Beagle burn videos from surfacing like egg farm videos. This is a great short column by Martha Rosenberg.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. From the PR Newswire.

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APRIL 18, 2010

This protest against animal research happened last Thursday. This link has a video. Tags: Cambridge University UK animal research protests. Apparently, they were "disrupting university business" and security guards were called in.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Tags: university research animal research undercover investigation PETA.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. Sounds like she watched a harsh video. Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. I just love the language used by the Research Center's spokesperson. {Dr. Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. Interesting.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. It was a 2-1 decision by the US Court of Appeals.

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