Critter News

JULY 6, 2009

Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. I worry it won't pass the DC district court for some wacky reason. From the LA Times.

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Critter News

AUGUST 10, 2009

In the United States, we are in the midst of a health care debate in which the pharmaceutical industry disguises itself as a champion of the people. Big pharma is also involved in promoting animal research for its own benefit. Come on, does big pharma really want to spend the money on alternatives to animal research?

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. Tags: medical research PETA animal welfare us.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals. I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. says only about 13 percent of the pediatric-residency programs in the United States use animals for such training. News to me.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

The United States has long vastly overproduced milk. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. It suggests there’s a milk shortage.

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