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MARCH 27, 2009

This opinion piece is from the Christian Science Monitor in 2002. Tags: animal rights. It may be almost 7 years old, but I think it is as relevant now as it was then. Worth reading and, I think, some reflection.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Animal rights activists stretched a 60-foot banner across the Hawthorne Bridge {Saturday} morning targeting the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU. In support of National Primate Liberation Week, the Portland Animal Defense League hung a banner that read "OHSU: Stop Killing Monkeys Now!" From Oregonlive.

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APRIL 4, 2009

The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.

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JUNE 9, 2009

The point of my series was to introduce some of the difficult questions that don't often get asked within science, precisely because of what Alina has so aptly described as the "climate of fear" that pervades the lab. I don't agree that lack of discussion is due to "animal terrorism" though.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to Patty at Animal Rights-Do Whatever is Necessary for reposting this list of 40 ways to help lab animals. Search the Libraries A good library is one of your best sources of information on the whos, whats, whens, wheres, and whys of animal research. I especially like these suggestions.

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