Critter News

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals. I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. says only about 13 percent of the pediatric-residency programs in the United States use animals for such training. News to me. Full story in the Seattle Times.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Animal Rescue Corps. Animal Rescue Corps puts animal welfare above all else. They spend their days rescuing animals who are victims of natural disaster strife or abuse and also seek to promote awareness on the matter, so that the community gets involved in the cause as well. PAC 911: Phoenix Animal Care Coalition.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. We constantly stretch our limited resources to save lives as a nonprofit organization.

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