Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

We will increase our level of tactics as long as non-human primates and other animals are tortured to death at the hands of those driven by profit and as long as the University of California shows a complete disregard for the suffering of the non-human prisoners. Now this war has two sides,"

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Primates San Francisco Animal Welfare Act Research 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Researchers studying the Fork-tailed Drongo (like the one above spotted by Redgannet) found that these birds essentially “cry wolf” to steal the food of others. Animal and bird rehabbers are awesome people, but even they suffer the occasional bad apple— in this case, really bad. Not a fan, however: some inmates on Death Row in Ohio.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate. “Standing” is a legal doctrine that requires a plaintiff to have a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy, as required by Article III of the Constitution.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. 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. Sounds like she watched a harsh video.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. It's a study funded by the US Department of Agriculture. One would think it would be elementary. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. Or corporate net income.

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Critter News

APRIL 6, 2009

Now, it looks like we may be contributing to individual suffering as well. Overfishing, poor resource management, the view of life as a product for sale, and pure greed is crashing fisheries and destroying beautiful ecosystems.

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2010

I don't care if they're supposedly working for altruistic purposes (they're not, but that's another story), they are allowing animals to suffer through negligent care separate from the excruciating experiments they must still undergo. The public doesn't want animals to suffer gratuitously in research laboratories," said Martin Stephens, Ph.D.,

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 240

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2010

(SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Tags: animal research primates Texas. Documents show discrepancies in reporting to two different regulatory agencies, suggesting fraud within the lab, SAEN claims.

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Critter News

MAY 26, 2009

Nice article about people who are committed to defending "lab rats" used for medical research. You see people shut down if you talk about how a rat can suffer," says Chad Sandusky, director of toxicology and research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that fights for animal rights and advocates vegetarianism.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. Are politicians more willing to act?

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Critter News

JUNE 18, 2009

million for an underground vivarium that will house University of Iowa animal research laboratories. The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus. Poor, poor long-suffering animal researchers. Advertisement.

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Iowa Animal Liberation Front Biomedical Research Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2012

Unfortunately, no one knows for sure, despite constant research. Ed - To see the range of birds that suffer beak deformities, check out the amazing Birds with deformed bills gallery on Flickr! ) So far, they have discovered 2000+ cases of chickadees as well as other birds that have a beak deformity.

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Alaska Science 2000 Suffering 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. Leucism, however, is the result of reduced coloration of all types of skin pigments, which sometimes leads to mottled coloring and patches of white.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. High elevation species will surely suffer from shifting and reduced habitat, and that process seems to have started already. Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms?

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Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research. From the Epoch Times.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. These highly intelligent animals should be PERMANENTLY retired and a PERMANENT sanctuary created for them.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The animal is either a sei or Bryde's whale, said biologist John Calambokidis with Cascadia Research. The 40-foot whale is suffering from a large, deep gash on its back, probably caused by a collision with a fast-moving boat. Both would be extremely rare. The sei is endangered and is rarely seen off the West Coast.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. Clones themselves can suffer a range of painful conditions, including malformed organs and gigantism. From the Daily Mail. Many die in the womb or soon after birth.

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Breeding Stock Farm Animal Farmed Animals Welfare 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. Another animal experiment I would not support as a US taxpayer.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

Think twice, and do some research. Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Thinking of releasing white doves to commemorate your wedding or the memorial of a loved one? Where do they go after they fly away?

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ethics Virginia Atlanta 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

I was doing my thesis research at the time, and it even affected what I was doing, as the wild world was being reconceptualized in terms of tannins and alkaloids, seed edators and dispersers, and so on. The next stage in this research is obvious. If there is such a thing as wild tobacco. Suarez-Rodriguez, M.,

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Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility. They are wild creatures and their psychology must suffer from these abnormal arrangements. Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. He got too aggressive to live with Jackson's kids.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

In the months after a fire, wildlife populations can suffer substantial losses due to habitat alteration and destruction. Forest Service research biologist Vicki Saab studies, birds evolved alongside fire and flee in the face of conflagrations. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed.

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Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Science 108

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2012

Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up! The animals at these shelters suffer extreme stress from deafening noise levels, horrible environmental conditions, and many other factors that contribute to behavioral problems. They do this by providing toys and other items.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Biologist Lindsay Young says it will take 8 years to replace the breeding birds; 14 years of research and data have been destroyed. Who suffers for these crimes? According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage. If his lawyer succeeds, Gutierrez won’t, either. Sentencing for Gutierrez is July 6.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. On the other hand, you may take comfort from the fact that you will never be as ugly as this distant relative of yours.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

" However, various lines of scientific & behavioral research show that reptiles not only feel pain & experience stress the same way mammals & birds do, but that they are also likely capable of a range of emotions including anxiety, distress, excitement, fear, frustration, pain, stress, and suffering.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

Critter News

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Please help animals who suffer for military training by asking President Obama to extend his ban on torture to include animals used in military trauma-training exercises. Tags: animal research animal cruelty military Obama PETA. These methods are readily available and already in use at several military installations.

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PETA Obama Animal Cruelty Animal 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

And here is the Collared Finchbill , who like me suffers from being less social than others. The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range.

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Critter News

MARCH 23, 2009

It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility. The temperature did not exceed 86 degrees, the dog was closely monitored and suffered no ill affects, they said. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? Stick another dog in the same situation and see if it dies too!

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Experience Experiments Animal Welfare Ethical Treatment 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

To support the Ukrainian war effort, I would like to mention a paper on Black-winged Stilt authored by several researchers of Kharkiv University in Ukraine (I know the above does not make any sense but I think it sounds kind of fun, the overblown ego of an irrelevant blog post writer thinking his work has any influence on anything).

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

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Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

He pairs conventional wisdom with actual research on such wisdom and speaks to experts who’ve been pondering the issues from the perspectives of their various disciplines. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue).

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Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

The American Humane Association Red Star team will be assisting the Joplin Humane Society, whose staff is not only grappling with the magnitude of the disaster but has personally suffered devastating losses from the tornado and needs time off to attend to their families and what may be left of their homes.

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