Critter News
AUGUST 2, 2010
Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
The mini-pig, darling of celebrities’ handbags, may have had its bacon Sunday after the EU earmarked it as the laboratory test animal of the future. A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
I wish we could stop killing animals for reasons related to killing humans. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire. Some 119 pigs were used in the research at the Government's military research laboratory Porton Down, near Salisbury, between 2006 and 2009.
Critter News
AUGUST 13, 2009
They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. Tags: animal research military pigs. It's the best way to train medical personnel.
Critter News
JANUARY 18, 2010
An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps. From USA Today.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. 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 was a jarring moment. Weird, weird, weird.
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2010
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was cleared of animal welfare violations in a report released yesterday. In one case, a pen housing a large pig was constructed with slats that regularly caused the pig to fall when its feet fell through. Tags: animal research animal laboratories wisconsin.
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