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10,000 Birds in The Library of Congress?!

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A quick search turns up the National Audubon Society page from 2008 along with pages from the American Veterinary Medical Association and Bob Bird’s run for US Senate in 2008.

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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

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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. Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5%

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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 had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. News to me.

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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 The USDA also entered an out-of-court $10,000 financial settlement with Charles River for a May, 2008 when too-hot temperatures led to the deaths of 32 primates. for finding them.

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New Year, Old Cat

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Then in April 2008, we were told she had terminal cancer. Now she is on THREE medications that seems to work and that cat is HELL to medicate. So, Charlotte the Cat Queen is an ongoing saga. In 2007, she was diagnosed with pyothorax and was hospitalized for almost a week. So we waited for her to die for about 8 months.

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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. . ” * Nevertheless, the myth continued. Whittaker started asking questions beyond “do birds have a sense of smell?” ” such as “how do birds smell? some, apparently, like sugar cookies), and “how do they communicate information by their odors?

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