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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers. Tags: europe animal research medical research.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act."