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Charles River Labs Continues Expanding

Critter News

Charles River Labs, a company which develops drugs and conducts contract animal testing, has an atrocious animal rights record, although they deny it of course. Now, they are continuing their plans to grow into a significant drug research company by acquiring WuXi AppTec Co, a Chinese pharmaceutical contractor.

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Wisconsin-Madison Cleared by USDA

Critter News

The University of Wisconsin-Madison was cleared of animal welfare violations in a report released yesterday. Of course they passed the January inspection. Tags: animal research animal laboratories wisconsin. It had twenty violations back in December 2009.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Actually, I didn't quit neuroscience as a result of the experiences described, but I did quit working with animals. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans. But that's neither here nor there -- I'm very supportive of animal research in principle. Maybe on paper.