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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt.

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Pam Anderson Urges End to India's Animal Testing

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Sounds like she watched a harsh video. Deka, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after watching a video allegedly exposing animal cruelty at the New Delhi centre. "It I don't always know how I personally feel about Pamela Anderson, but I can't argue with her (non-acting) work.

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Research Animals Rescued from North Carolina Lab

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) conducted the initial investigation[2] that exposed the apparent cruelty at Professional Laboratory and Research Services, an inconspicuous rural lab funded by large pharmaceutical companies to test insecticides and other chemicals used in companion animal products.