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Lawmakers form first-ever Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus

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It was created to emphasize the broader scope of the profession, particularly the roles veterinarians play to support public health, the food supply, and medical research. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Amy Klobuchar announced August 3 the creation of the inaugural Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus.

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Leona Helmsley's Fortune Goes to Medical Research

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Over $100 million went to medical research while about $1 million went to animal welfare causes. But a group of trustees got together, determined she was mentally unfit at the time, and decided to “responsibly” donate to medical research instead. It’s more money for medical research. To human causes.

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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?

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Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. Tags: animal experimentation medical research monkeys. He said he didn’t know what his opinion was because he didn’t know all the facts. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”

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Help Release Chimps from Medical Research

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Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal cruelty vivisection anti-cruelty medical research.

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Class "B" Animals Sold for Medical Research

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Tags: animal experimentation animal cruelty medical research.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Tags: europe animal research medical research.

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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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While I'm not a fan of using animal hearts for transplants, I'm far more sympathetic to that than to simply using their parts for human vanity consumption. But the seal industry doesn't care. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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