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Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines

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Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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Releasing White Doves

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Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics. Ethical businesses post notices on their websites stating that unless the released birds are properly trained and conditioned, they will not survive. Why do this?”.

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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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On "Animal Activism"

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I've used the term "animal activism" lately as an experiment. I notice that if I use "animal rights activist" or anything with the word "rights" in it, because it's loaded and misunderstood, my listener often has an immediate bias of some kind. People have a relationship, whether or not they are aware, to the term "animal rights."

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. To accomplish this goal, they direct control methods at only the specific animal or local wildlife populations in the area where damage has occurred.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S. The cases are: Friends of Animals v.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.