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MARCH 26, 2009

I thought it was an urban myth that animal shelters would actually turn over unwanted animals to laboratories for research, but apparently not. Montcalm County has taken a step towards ending its relationship with an animal research facility.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

They are members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Tags: europe activism huntingdon animal rights. From Reuters.

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JULY 21, 2009

The stupid project is in partnership with a French pharmaceutical company. Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".

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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.

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom. It is about the Bayh-Dole Act and it has really stuck with me.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. From the PR Newswire.

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APRIL 4, 2009

The group is called NC3E (National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research). The Centre funds high-quality 3Rs research, organises workshops and symposia to disseminate and advance the 3Rs, and develops 3Rs information resources and guidelines.

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APRIL 27, 2010

Charles River Labs, a company which develops drugs and conducts contract animal testing, has an atrocious animal rights record, although they deny it of course. Now, they are continuing their plans to grow into a significant drug research company by acquiring WuXi AppTec Co, a Chinese pharmaceutical contractor.

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JULY 19, 2009

Here's a short analysis of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act which makes me wonder if what we do on this blog could be construed as falling under it. From Alternet.org.all CAPS are my emphasis Under the law, an animal enterprise includes any business that deals in animal research or uses or sells animal products.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. Interesting that many of the grants this place gets specifically say they can't experiment on any domesticated animals (cats and dogs I guess.). It reminded me of an adoption poster at the animal shelter. Weird, weird, weird.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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JULY 5, 2010

On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. Tags: animal research dogs Best Friends animal laboratories.

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MARCH 1, 2010

In fact, the animal research supporter in my book club said that very same thing. (By By the way, she works for a company that does clinical testing for drug companies. Animals are commodities for her. They are used to miles and miles of ocean. So why should I be surprised at her elephant comment?).

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AUGUST 19, 2010

with officials of the National Institutes of Health, which contracts with a private company to care for the chimps. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Richardson made the comment Tuesday after meeting in Bethesda, Md.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

which provides mice and other animals for scientific research, is suspending operations at its facility in Shrewsbury indefinitely and laying off 300 people, the Boston Business Journal reports. Tags: Charles River Laboratories animal research. Charles River Laboratories International Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Scott DeMuth, a sociology graduate student at the University of Minnesota charged last year with felony conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act agreed yesterday to a plea bargain. Instead, DeMuth will plead guilty to conspiring to damage a Minnesota company that breeds ferrets.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

I come down hard on Puerto Rico, ever since the scandal in which dogs were being thrown off bridges by an animal control company. Plus the fact that I personally know the Latin attitude towards animals. They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. It was a 2-1 decision by the US Court of Appeals.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Morse, corporate vice president for research model services at Charles River Laboratories, a Wilmington company that started by breeding lab rats in 1947 and has become a major supplier of rodents for research. “To what degree the rat will replace the mouse remains to be seen,’’ said Iva S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. A report published by a panel of experts from industry, academic institutions and regulatory bodies supports an initiative aimed at finding alternatives to animal research.

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JULY 25, 2009

This statement is mainly motivated by a recent conversation with someone who has a science degree (I think it's biology), but who actually works for a clinical testing company. This is one of the reasons why we are still on the losing end of the battle with animal researchers. Science is not democratic and it loves it that way.

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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. Here's a post from Animals and Politics. Tags: animal research.

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