Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Animal welfare watchdog group, Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), has released documents which, it claims, provide evidence that CRO MPI Research has been operating in violation of the US Animal Welfare Act. For the full story, go here to outsourcing-pharma.com.

Research 100

Research Animal Welfare Act Animal Welfare Primates 100

Critter News

JULY 5, 2010

One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. Best Friends Animal Society headquartered in Kanab, Utah, and Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, based in Middletown, N.Y., a site for dog lovers. and Elmsford, N.Y.,

Rescue 100

Rescue Medical Research New Jersey Animal Sanctuary 100

Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2010

Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. with officials of the National Institutes of Health, which contracts with a private company to care for the chimps. Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal laboratories Texas new mexico.

New Mexico 100

New Mexico Mexico San Antonio Medical Research 100

Critter News

MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused.

Malaysia 100

Malaysia Monkeys Animal Research Rats 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. They did not experiment on primates (I asked!), but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. Anyway, I couldn't enter the actual rooms where the animals were kept because I would have had to wear a bio-hazard suit.

Guinea Pigs 100

Guinea Pigs Medical Research Mice Guinea 100

Critter News

MARCH 7, 2009

I've decided to quit my book club, which I dearly love, because of a member who works in medical research and supports animal experimentation. Then I read more about what's happening at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. Tags: animal research. And like I said, I love the other people in it.

Medical Research 100

Medical Research Louisiana Primates Vivisection 100