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British-Funded Lab Under Investigation in Malaysia

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Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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Research Animals Rescued from North Carolina Lab

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Their investigations produce results. An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. "We From the PR Newswire.

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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds

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Data from the wind-power companies notes the deaths at least 85 Golden Eagles and Bald Eagles since 1997, with at least 67 of those deaths occurring with in the past five years. It’s worth noting that these numbers are self-reported, so researchers assume that actual death totals are higher.

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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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Instead, DeMuth will plead guilty to conspiring to damage a Minnesota company that breeds ferrets. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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Kennedy initiated the original project, and has returned to the Philippines many times since for research purposes; he seems to think that Rettig’s new project is crazy, but in a good way, and offers a larger perspective from the comfort of a room in (I assume) Cincinnati, where he works for the Museum of Natural History.

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Vile Practices at Tulare County, CA Animal Shelter

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Sargeant, doing business as Sargeant’s Wholesale Biologicals, buys carcasses from animal shelters and sells them to research facilities such as UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. The report further stated that Sargeant’s company purchased $1000 worth of gift certificates to a fancy restaurant and gave them to Harmon in 2005.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. April 14, 2012 Liquid oil still seeps from some Louisiana marshes and ongoing research of toxicity levels is being conducted by LSU researchers.

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