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USDA Issues Warning Letter to Oregon National Primate Research Center

Critter News

PETA has filed complaints about this place for years, but it's the first warning they've actually generated. And the center added training and banned one researcher from animal contact in response. Tags: medical research PETA animal welfare us.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

This morning, during the Facebook discussion, Engber writes (and the first sentence is reason alone to chime in): Bring on the PETA hotties! Actually, I didn't quit neuroscience as a result of the experiences described, but I did quit working with animals. It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.