Critter News

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals. Full story in the Seattle Times. Full story in the Seattle Times. The complaining group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, based in Washington, D.C., I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Remember how we posted about the raids on puppy mills in Mount Vernon and Gold Bar, Washington? Tags: seattle animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. Here's a blog for people who are trying to help them. About 600 dogs were seized from horrible puppy mill conditions. Our pet sitter alerted us to the site.

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Critter News

JANUARY 12, 2010

I went to graduate school at the University of Washington here in Seattle. The ineptness and cruelty continues, but all in the name of "putting people first." This incident can be traced to a failure to weigh the animal at regular intervals. Tags: animal research University of Washington USDA.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

We live in Seattle, which is part of King County. She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax. Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. What a mess. We blogged about the Gold Bar, Snohomish County, raid last week).

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