Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. From the AP.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
ad_icon The practice, however, is fiercely criticized by researchers and marine mammal conservationists, including the educational anthropologist widely credited with having invented it, retired Florida International University researcher Betsy Smith. Tags: dolphin.
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Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2009
They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless. Remember animal research doesn't just create reports, it creates CAREERS as well.) Tags: animal research. I'll let them describe their positions in their own words.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 4, 2009
But there are other scenarios, such as some that PCRM has suggested in the past, that do make sense; where the goal is to alter policy within a company regarding, say, research using animals when that's not required. Or putting money into researching alternatives. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. goal, even?
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 24, 2010
According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. Research suggests that you are more likely to make a claim on your pet insurance than on either car or home insurance. If more pet owners had pet insurance, it is likely that far fewer animals would be abandoned.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 21, 2009
On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. He started frolicking with abandon in the dried green moss at the base of Bob, our resident Spathophylum.
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