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” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” ” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. There is also a very detailed, well-constructed index.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I would never advocate violence against a researcher. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. All of this BS by medical researchers must be challenged.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006.

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APRIL 13, 2009

I learned something new from this article. In the shadow of a $5 million-dollar grant given to Oklahoma State’s renowned veterinary school and then rescinded due to allegations of abusive and cruel animal research practices, Oklahoma State University Philosophy Club and Friends of the Forms will host animal activist Chris DeRose.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. No, for animal researchers the bigger fear from Le's murder than technicians like Clark is the public seeing the heaps of unsupervised government pork behind their Plexiglas curtain.

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APRIL 4, 2009

This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

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MARCH 10, 2009

I responded to a post on animalblog that cited a recent article in the journal "Proceedings" of the National Academy of Sciences. Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. This story on HIV research is one example. It’s just a question of WILL.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. It's from a Reuters article from last May.I Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Discouraging article. Tags: UK animal research. According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection.

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MARCH 31, 2010

Here's an article in Nature about how many animal studies with negative or inconclusive results go unpublished. It raises the question of how useful animal research really is if we only see the studies that show relevant results. Tags: animal research drug companies animal studies. Or negative for whatever other reasons?

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JUNE 28, 2009

The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Here's a campus article about Northwestern University , one of the schools that have NOT signed. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Here's an article on its progress from US News and World Report. Tags: animal research cosmetics. When is this going to happen? It's proceeding at a snail's pace. There is NO EXCUSE or even argument for hurting animals in the name of a woman's vanity.

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MARCH 28, 2010

The article summarizes the results of a research paper by a PhD student in mental health. While the research paper deals specifically with British veterinarians, there are apparently elevated suicide rates in this profession in other countries as well. Tags: UK veterinarians.

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MAY 26, 2009

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.

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APRIL 27, 2010

If you jump to the comments at the bottom, people took issue with the implication at the end of the article that Jane Goodall would somehow question this grieving behavior. This is because they quote some guy from the USC Jane Goodall Research Center who throws doubt on the premise. I'm sure many will dismiss these studies regardless.

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JUNE 26, 2009

I came across this article in Inside Higher Ed. Tags: universities scholarship academic research humane society.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. Here is the text we sent to Congressman Jim McDermott and Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Here is an interesting article about research out of Sweden that suggests that all domesticated dogs may have originated from China. Tags: china. That is the proposal of a team of geneticists led by Peter Savolainen of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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JUNE 5, 2009

There are researchers out there who say that they do. And the link below takes you to an article with the cutest orangutan baby enjoying himself. Researchers tickled babies and six different kinds of apes, quantified their giggles, and found that the patterns fit a classic evolutionary tree. I've seen it.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. The article continues. Tags: ethics animal rights medical research. I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Interesting article. Sadly, though, some 200,000 hamsters were used for research in the United States in 2000, third behind rats and mice. Sadly, though, some 200,000 hamsters were used for research in the United States in 2000, third behind rats and mice. Tags: hamsters.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

don't see any mention in this article (or in this one from the Chicago Tribune ) about threats to human life in this incident. Tags: universities animal research animal enterprise terrorism act us. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.I Straight vandalism and economic loss. Is this a valid prosecution? Is it terrorism?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In an article published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Berkeley researchers argue that substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet. Tags: extinction. I can't believe we are still debating this.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Aren't there better things to research? Whether intentionally or not, the title of the article catches the frivolity of the research."Don't But see the qualifications in the article.The animal research has offered one explanation for the rising number of babies born with these conditions. Don't let your mouse watch TV."

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins. You can read all about the results in the article.

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APRIL 25, 2009

Dogs often are used in research for narcolepsy, certain cancers and blindness. The team of scientists are hopeful that the creation of fluorescent puppies will help aid further research in human diseases. To read more about Ruppy and how the project came to pass, as well as see photos of the puppy glowing, visit this article.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

But there are other scenarios, such as some that PCRM has suggested in the past, that do make sense; where the goal is to alter policy within a company regarding, say, research using animals when that's not required. Or putting money into researching alternatives. Here 's a local news article about the situation.)

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JUNE 5, 2009

There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research. Tags: animal experimentation animal research activism animal rights medical research. Get FOIAed Up!

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JULY 14, 2010

It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall’s pioneering research on chimpanzee behavior—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals.

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APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. is through the personal and the specific.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

After reading this article , I'm rescuing the next ones I see. When researchers at Queen's University in Belfast daubed acetic acid on the antennae of 144 prawns, the animals reacted by vigorously rubbing and grooming the affected antenna for several minutes. Tags: lobsters animal rescue food.

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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." At Clemson University, such products are being tested at the South Carolina school's Animal Co-Products Research & Education Center, says center Director Annel Greene. Tags: morbid thoughts.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

We often get emails pointing us to awesome articles, videos, or other great things on the web. Of course it’s always important to research your pet food choices to help keep your pets healthy! Tags: aniweb roundup. We hope you enjoy this edition of our “Aniweb Roundup&# ! Let’s get it started! Do cats grieve ?

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APRIL 6, 2010

At least there is a similar response given by the scientists in this article who study animals. Researchers conducted experiments in a lab, then released the animals into the wild, making sure to note that "This was a much harder part of the study, and involved lugging around of batteries," and found similar results.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Charles had a corn on his pad), he's happy for me to bring him some research and for us to tackle the issue together (we did this with the corn and removed it together--and no charge, by the way). Back to the questions: Do you arm yourself with research and go to the vet to educate him/her? My vet asks every time I go.)

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MARCH 4, 2011

Jochen Mar 5th, 2011 at 11:34 am I am very proud to say that I studied biology with a focus on ornithology where Mayr did*, in Greifswald, and that I personally know Dorit Liebers and knew the late Andreas Helbig quite well who proved Mayr wrong (in an article Darren Naish’s excellent post was centered around). Black-headed Gull L.

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MARCH 11, 2011

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