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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick was responding after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the Pentagon to stop the practice.

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Malaysian Firm to Establish New Animal Testing Facility

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

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

10,000 Birds

Newer devices have been further ‘tweaked’ to fit veterinary medical needs. Thanks to his work, many people and animals have functioning limbs and can live productive lives. Thanks to his work, many people and animals have functioning limbs and can live productive lives. This process is known as distraction osteogenesis.

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On "Knockout Animals"

Animal Person

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be far better than doing nothing at all.

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Defending Laboratory Rats

Critter News

Nice article about people who are committed to defending "lab rats" used for medical research. You see people shut down if you talk about how a rat can suffer," says Chad Sandusky, director of toxicology and research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that fights for animal rights and advocates vegetarianism. "You

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Healthy pets see their vets! #GetHealthyHappy

4 The Love Of Animals

According to Dr. Ashley Gallagher, of Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., Of course, it’s not just about saving money. With the correct medication and a healthy diet , she has been at her correct weight for several years now! GetHealthyHappy appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.'

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Is Cheap Meat Endangering Our Lives?

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And we know that pumping animal feed full of antibiotics in factory farms has given us a new strain of MRSA. The only way to keep animals alive in such conditions is to pump their feed full of antibiotics. How much harm will we do to ourselves in the name of cheap meat? We know that bird flu developed in the world's vast poultry farms.

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