Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

The investigation is related to the Animal Welfare Act and Clemson's research activities, but no details are available at this time. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research USDA medical research.

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MARCH 15, 2009

In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. Tags: medical research PETA animal welfare us.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

The American Veterinary Medical Association did NOT support Proposition 2. Tags: proposition 2 california farm animal welfare avma. Now they want to be involved in the rule-making. If you want to know why they opposed it, here's a link to their reasoning.

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Critter News

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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Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

This particular animal research controversy is occurring in New South Wales (Australia). Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Animal Rescue Corps puts animal welfare above all else. From medical assistance to fundraising, education and adoption events, PAC 911 does all it can to improve the situation of animals in its area. She writes about the latest online mba news and current trends among online entrepreneurs. Animal Rescue Corps. 48@gmail.com.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't believe they are working for human welfare. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. I posted on this blog about quitting because of the New Iberia scandal in Louisiana in which the Humane Society found primates being abused. I'm sorry, but I am not moved.

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APRIL 4, 2009

The NC3Rs brings together stakeholders in the 3Rs in academia, industry, government and animal welfare organisations to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, and the translation of research findings into practice that will benefit both animals and science. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research.

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2012

This article in the Herald Tribune claims that animal rights is winning out over animal research. I would take the article with a grain of salt. I've read the same on the other side. It depends on who's writing the article of course.I think it's still a long, long fight. But perhaps these are positive signs.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. Tags: ethics animal rights medical research. I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals.

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

Tags: chimpanzees medical research animal welfare.

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MAY 15, 2009

If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research.

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AUGUST 17, 2008

In July, the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)’s board of directors voted 9-4 to endorse Prop 2. Tags: california farm animal welfare factory farm us.

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Critter News

MAY 2, 2012

It’s too early to say whether any of the incidents violate the Animal Welfare Act, the yardstick for triggering enforcement action, he added. Department of Agriculture, which regulates the care of research animals, will look into the complaint, said agency spokesman David Sacks.

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JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. New York, July 23, 2007 Edwin Sayres President and Chief Executive A.S.P.C.A.

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2012

I don't support the destruction of property or any physical threats against people who harm animals whether through medical testing or through conventional agriculture. It does nothing but make the targets more wedded to their positions and it garners sympathy from the general public.

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