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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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Animal Testing Debate Continues in New South Wales

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New figures published by the NSW government's advisory body, the Animal Research Review Panel, show the number of animals killed in NSW experiments rose by more than 1,000 to 8,813 during 2006-2007. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal research medical research.

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USDA Issues Warning Letter to Oregon National Primate Research Center

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The warning cited three errors in veterinary care, including a serious 2007 incident where a pregnant monkey died when a researcher failed to notice she was having a troubled labor. And the center added training and banned one researcher from animal contact in response.

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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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In addition to troubling questions about its legality, such a facility would also place Puerto Rico behind the curve in the current context of scientific debate about laboratory research involving live animals. Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Andrew Kimbrell Executive Director Center for Food Safety Washington, June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,