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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. Despite this, it looks like this has been no barrier to his company getting federal contracts. If so, what is his role in the company that he founded? Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

It was an exotic animal importing firm (why the eff do those even exist?) that was allegedly mistreating its animals. A lot of these animals are reptiles, spiders and amphibians, which explains the large number. The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. That's HUGE.

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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 26, 2009

experiments were performed on animals last year, a rise of 454,000 or 14% on the previous year, the Home Office said. The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Bad news from the Guardian.

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Until then, taxpayer-financed discoveries were in the public domain, available to any company that wanted to use them. Small biotech companies, many of them founded by university researchers to exploit their discoveries, proliferated rapidly.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The Volunteer Advantage ( www.TheVolunteerAdvantage.com ) has announced that August is the organization’s “Animal Rescue Month.&#. “Our volunteer members spend a significant amount of time and energy caring for animals in need, and we want to recognize that passion. . Tags: people helping animals.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. Tags: animal testing. If you go to the very top, there are tabs for FierceBiotechResearch and other topics. I've never heard of them before.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

I came across this article in USA Today entitled "Waste not, want not: Companies find uses for leftover animal parts." For years, those parts have ended up in cosmetics, soap, pet food and animal feed. Tags: morbid thoughts. These are living beings. And I don't care about the term "sustainability."

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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. In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused.

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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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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). Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I don't believe they want an honest dialogue about what they are doing to animals. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists.

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JUNE 1, 2009

That's why this action alert from the Animal Legal Defense Fund strikes a cord with me. Sargeant, doing business as Sargeant’s Wholesale Biologicals, buys carcasses from animal shelters and sells them to research facilities such as UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. From the ALDF blog. Arrested in June 2007, Michael J.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

This is actually good for animal welfare, but goes to show that only greed will motivate these bastards to do anything.) Tags: eggs factory farm agribusiness. Not only did they arrange for exports, they also are accused of colluding to limit production and to increase cage sizes so that fewer hens can be kept.

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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. It was a jarring moment.

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As I’ve switched over to paid corporate birding (doing bird surveys for companies that want to put up wind farms or transmission lines), I’ve been fascinated by the world that has been opened to me and differences from the bird feeding world. Here’s a fun one from a company called Advanced Weapon’s Technology.

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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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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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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. Tags: Sea World captivity killer whales Orcas. So why should I be surprised at her elephant comment?).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The move was in response from pressure from an animal rights group. THE MATADOR – one of the most abiding and traditional images of Spain – has been removed from advertising by a leading Irish travel company following a protest by animal rights activists. Tags: spain Ireland blood sport bullfighting. From the Irish Times.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. Tags: ALF. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I recently got the chance to try out a t-shirt from a company called Rare Tee. Not only is it made from 100% cotton, so it’s very soft and comfortable, but all of their tags, packaging, etc. Each shirt design has a fun trivia fact or two about the featured animal. Tags: people helping animals reviews.

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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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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. Tags: puerto rico animal research primates. Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico.

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MARCH 6, 2009

The company said it was consulting employees about proposals to reduce its global workforce by 275 jobs to make the business more efficient. I had read one of her books and had often pointed to her company as an example of a successful marriage between ethics and business. The Body Shop is causing some headaches for L'Oreal right now.

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MAY 30, 2010

For not paying attention and allowing oil companies to get away with "voluntary compliance.". Tags: oil drilling marine animals British Petroleum 2010 oil spill Gulf of Mexico. We can get mad at BP and Obama, but the problem is that this was a disaster waiting to happen. If not BP, then it would have been someone else.

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APRIL 28, 2010

This is a truly amazing animal encounter! Half way into her journey got some unexpected company, a 30-foot pygmy whale that Jodie nicknamed Larry. Pygmy Whale Befriends Jodie Nelson originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 28, 2010. Tags: cute animals news.

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OCTOBER 19, 2008

Thanks to an email from Farmed Animal Net for this information. Some 200 companies have an average flock size of one million hens in a single location, with the top 60 companies producing 85% of all eggs. Proposed amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code have egg companies there worried. egg industry continues to consolidate.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

As you might remember, Bioculture—a company that supplies primates to laboratories—plans to capture monkeys from their homes in Mauritius, hold them captive in Puerto Rico, and then sell thousands of their babies for use in painful and deadly experiments around the world. Tags: animal experimentation.

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