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JUNE 4, 2009

researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release. The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A.

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APRIL 23, 2010

From the Deseret News. Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA. The Salt Lake Tribune claims the infractions are only minor (interesting how different publications will provide different spins). You decide.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research. Long and impressive expose.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Interesting article on anti-animal research advocacy in Madison, WI. Tags: animal research medical research university of madison-wisconsin. Madison is a key battleground because it is one of only 8 cities with primate centers in the country.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

From the San Jose Mercury News. SRI International officials said the lab worker is OK and because their facility is under federal oversight, the Peninsula Humane Society doesn't have to be given access to its research animals. Tags: animal research humane society primates. The worker.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

This editorial in the web version of the Oklahoman denounces animal rights terrorism; however, it finishes off by supporting medical research on animals. Tags: animal rights medical research. What about the terror and violence involved in that?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments. Tags: animal research.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The increase was largely due to new EU rules on chemical compounds, which have led to an increase in testing on rats, the inspectors said. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research. Tags: animal research Netherlands.

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JULY 21, 2009

Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".

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APRIL 10, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research. I like this short opinion letter that gets right to the point.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.

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MAY 4, 2009

The author is the press officer for the Animal Liberation Press Office. Tags: animal experimentation animal research vivisection medical research. I say "yes" and it's time to pursue the alternatives. This is an excellent, excellent opinion piece.

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APRIL 2, 2009

If you really want to ruin your day, visit this web page with a list of government grants involving animal research. Tags: animal experimentation animal research military medical research us. It has a list of grant applications, researchers and details on the actual studies. Not pretty.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Kansas University Medical Center was nailed by USDA inspectors for violations including improper treatment for sick animals, aging facilities and failing to provide appropriate enrichment opportunities for animals who appear to be under psychological stress. Tags: animal research.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2009

The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research science. I think we could change things even sooner, but I just don't see the will or the interest in most of the scientific community. I just don't understand why.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty exper new iberia research center primates medical research. Officials claim to be taking steps to correct certain problems. This web page also has a video with a tour of the facility, conducted by center staff.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: animal research medical research. Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tags: animal research medical research. Komen Foundation *British Heart Foundation *World Cancer Research Fund I can't tell you all what I do for a living because it's kind of sensitive, but let's just say that my unit has had dealings with Susan G. Komen and they are a pretty arrogant, corporate bunch (just an FYI!).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

There is so much misinformation, people don't appreciate that whether they're waiting for the H1N1 vaccine to avoid becoming victims of the flu pandemic or taking a high blood pressure medication, they are beneficiaries of animal research. Tags: animal research corporate lies medical research biotech.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

At CARE, Whyville citizens create habitats for animals, take on the role of an animal caregiver and discover how animal research generated cures and treatments for ailments impacting humans and animals. Talk about an unholy alliance.beef and medical research.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

It should be no surprise that the American Veterinary Medical Association is an apologist. They have paying members that are part of the animal research industry itself. Cleverly, they also emphasize how many "animals" are saved by animal research. Wouldn't Fluffy die without all the benefits of animal testing?

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation medical research. If we can't outlaw the practice, perhaps researchers will become more transparent. Then we can finally stop the horrific abuses that they perpetrate within their windowless ivory towers.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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JUNE 7, 2009

Read it and tell me that the end, or even the simple limitation, of animal research is nothing more than "darn government regulators! Animal research proponents are starting to sound like the NRA nuts in the US. Tags: animal experimentation animal research vivisection medical research.

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MARCH 26, 2009

In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. The animal shelter committee voted to end the contract, but it goes before the County commissioners in April. Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

They want us to keep on funneling billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to the drug companies, the research universities and the suppliers of the animals and the animal testing equipment. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research. How stupid do they think we are?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The SPCA took 1045 animals out of a home in Texas that were living in horrible conditions. When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. animal seizures in memory. "At

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Just read an August update from an ALDF lawyer about medical research. Tags: animal research. I was struck by this paragraph. That's a lot of saved lives. But would researchers be willing to share their results? Doubtful if it means endangering their potential patents.

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APRIL 4, 2009

The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. They are considered an environmental pest because they are a non-native species that inflict ecological damage.but to deal with them this way is just unacceptable. Better to cull them than subject them to years of pain and loneliness in a lab.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

But as far as they are concerned, I am still an animal rights terrorist for the mere fact that I disagree with them. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. All of this BS by medical researchers must be challenged. I'm sorry, but I am not moved.

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JULY 6, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research. The two parties settled in a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group four years ago after the group were unable to obtain information they requested.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics mice medical research. In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression.

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MARCH 1, 2009

I'm frustrated and angry with the arrogant, holier-than-thou scientific community that claims "people come first" when it comes to animal testing, but "profit comes first" when it comes to actually caring for the public's health and providing them with affordable drugs. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

But when I got closer, I read, "Animal research opens minds." This adorable poster that draws you in to the sweet faces of these animals basically proclaims that it is a good thing to use their bodies for medical research, which almost always leads to pain and death. It was a jarring moment. It was an incongruous message.

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