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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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Northwestern University NOT Signing HSUS Pledge to Prevent Pain in Lab Animals

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The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Tags: university research animal experimentation humane society medical research animal resear. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.

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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. says only about 13 percent of the pediatric-residency programs in the United States use animals for such training. 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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Thanks to Stop Animal Exploitation Now! 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. 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

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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Whitaker was told that birds don’t smell by a in 2008. . I have my quibbles (Brown-headed Cowbird should be under ‘Cowbird, Brown-headed,’ not ‘Brown-headed Cowbird’) but it’s pretty good, indexing names, birds, animals, and scientific topics. . ” * Nevertheless, the myth continued.

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Vet-Stem

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Since the launch Vet-Stem has treated more that 1800 dogs and more than 5,000 animals total. In Winter of 2008, Vet-Stem published a double blind placebo study in Veterinary Therapeutics which analyzed the effect of stem cells on dogs’ elbows. Vet-Stem originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 22, 2009.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

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The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. FSD specifically focuses its efforts on donating these animals to disabled military veterans. “We Tags: news people helping animals.

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