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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

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Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% increase on 2008, government inspectors said on Friday. 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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Physicians Committee Accuses University of Washington of Cruelty to Ferrets

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I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals. I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. The UW has been cited in the past for deficiencies in animal research, including allowing a monkey to starve in 2009. News to me. Full story in the Seattle Times.

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Uncovered Reports Show Three Research Labs Fined for Violations

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Another report said a lab assistant reported finding a dead hamster in a cage in June 2008 after the cage was removed from a sterilizer. "It It is assumed the animal was alive prior to being placed" into the sterilizer, the report said. for finding them. 1) BioReliance Corp., The report does not identify the procedures.

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