Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. car companies used live animals, including pigs, for crash tests until the early 1990s. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S.

Pigs 100

Pigs Research Ethical Treatment Afghanistan 100

Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

The Humane Society of the United States released the video scenes Wednesday, saying that’s only part of the documentation of what it claimed were 338 violations of federal law and policy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Laboratory. Here is a link to the Humane Society.

Wayne Pacelle 100

Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States Louisiana Research 100

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to Patty at Animal Rights-Do Whatever is Necessary for reposting this list of 40 ways to help lab animals. There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings. Get FOIAed Up!

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100