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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

They have drug companies that are just as powerful as those here. To enable this new approach to be developed, the European Commission and companies that are members of the EPAA are working hard to initiate novel methods of research and technology transfer that will reduce the need for animal testing. I just don't understand it.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

They want us to keep on funneling billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to the drug companies, the research universities and the suppliers of the animals and the animal testing equipment. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research. How stupid do they think we are?

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JUNE 1, 2010

Companies don't always change their policies, but Byrne said the effort has paid off. Tags: PETA. I'm sure this is old news, but PETA keeps buying corporate stock to gain influence in corporate decision-making. I think this is a great strategy. From the AP.

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MARCH 1, 2010

By the way, she works for a company that does clinical testing for drug companies. Tags: Sea World captivity killer whales Orcas. In fact, the animal research supporter in my book club said that very same thing. (By Animals are commodities for her. So why should I be surprised at her elephant comment?).

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. Tags: animal testing. I stumbled across this site called FiercePharma that has all kinds of news about the drug industry. I've never heard of them before.

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APRIL 27, 2010

Charles River Labs, a company which develops drugs and conducts contract animal testing, has an atrocious animal rights record, although they deny it of course. Now, they are continuing their plans to grow into a significant drug research company by acquiring WuXi AppTec Co, a Chinese pharmaceutical contractor.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Do they work for a drug company that tests on animals? Is their job therefore dependent on that company's success? Tags: animal experimentation animal research. For whom do they work? Or do they work for a university which is dependent on grant dollars for research involving animals? to be continued).

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Then I found out it's a representative from the Center for Consumer Freedom, a "a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies and consumers to promote personal responsibility and protect consumer choices." Tags: meat Stupid. Enough said.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

As someone who used to work for a seafood company, I can tell you these monstrosities are just pillaging our oceans with no care about anything. Big companies using little guys to do their dirty work for them, but the end result is the same. Tags: oceans corporate lies marine life fishing. All that life for nothing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. Tags: ALF. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia.

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JUNE 12, 2010

I read the following in a book about the pharmaceutical industry by Marcia Angell (the first woman to serve as the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and currently a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Medical School) called The Truth about the Drug Companies. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research.

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JULY 21, 2009

The stupid project is in partnership with a French pharmaceutical company. Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".

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JULY 26, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation UK drug companies medical research biotech. The experiments range from small procedures such as taking blood and tissue samples to invasive brain surgery and inducing incurable diseases such as Parkinson's and cancer.

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JULY 20, 2009

I used to work for a seafood company and my current work still brings me in contact with the industry. Tags: oceans bluefish tuna marine life seafood endangered species. We've been overfishing the bluefish tuna to near-extinction along with many other species. Greedy, anti-government, and anti-regulation monstrosities.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. Fish and Wildlife service wrongfully issued authorization for oil companies to work in areas that could potentially hurt the bears. Tags: oil drilling polar bear arctic.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

CEO James Foster said consolidation in the biotechnology industry, an overall slowdown in research and budgetary constraints has led to a decrease in demand for the company's services, the BBJ reports. Tags: Charles River Laboratories animal research.

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JUNE 25, 2009

They "have not sabotaged any institution or company", but they did free a small yellow bird. Tags: ALF idiocy. When we had happened to be passing down the street and we saw a cage with this individual inside, we jumped the fence and we carried away the canary in his cage.

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APRIL 28, 2009

The company denies it. Tags: Swine Flu factory farm. According to this AP article, some are blaming Smithfield Foods, which has 8 operations in La Gloria Mexico. You can read all about the horrible things Smithfield Foods has done in the US in this long Rolling Stone article. I can only imagine how things are run in Mexico.

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MAY 30, 2010

For not paying attention and allowing oil companies to get away with "voluntary compliance.". Tags: oil drilling marine animals British Petroleum 2010 oil spill Gulf of Mexico. We can get mad at BP and Obama, but the problem is that this was a disaster waiting to happen. If not BP, then it would have been someone else.

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MARCH 6, 2009

The company said it was consulting employees about proposals to reduce its global workforce by 275 jobs to make the business more efficient. I had read one of her books and had often pointed to her company as an example of a successful marriage between ethics and business. Tags: animal testing economics L'Oreal cosmetics.

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JULY 5, 2010

On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. Tags: animal research dogs Best Friends animal laboratories. and Elmsford, N.Y.,

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AUGUST 19, 2010

with officials of the National Institutes of Health, which contracts with a private company to care for the chimps. Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal laboratories Texas new mexico. Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Veterinary Services director Abdul Aziz Jamaludin said the company will be ordered to shut down if his department finds animals were subject to abuse, the Sunday Star newspaper reported. "If Tags: animal research malaysia.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

As you might remember, Bioculture—a company that supplies primates to laboratories—plans to capture monkeys from their homes in Mauritius, hold them captive in Puerto Rico, and then sell thousands of their babies for use in painful and deadly experiments around the world. Tags: animal experimentation.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

The company is Terry L. Tags: seattle fur. Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) will be staging protests at this fur store in Everett, WA. Fieck Furs. Here is their idea of a fur coat. Nice and GREEN! Literally and sarcastically.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend. Tags: zoos exotic animals detroit animal rescue PETA. The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

The campaign also used tactics such as false allegations of paedophilia against managers of the supply companies, and posting sanitary towels to their homes saying the blood was contaminated with the AIDS virus. Tags: europe activism huntingdon animal rights. The cost of the damage and increased security measures amounted to 12.6

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products. And the disturbing video: Tags: animal cruelty PETA.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I recently got the chance to try out a t-shirt from a company called Rare Tee. Not only is it made from 100% cotton, so it’s very soft and comfortable, but all of their tags, packaging, etc. Tags: people helping animals reviews. I chose the Philippine Tarsier Tee, which is a very fun shirt indeed!

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MARCH 26, 2009

In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research. The county has a contract with R&R Research in Howard City to euthanize the county's unwanted animals.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

I come down hard on Puerto Rico, ever since the scandal in which dogs were being thrown off bridges by an animal control company. Tags: puerto rico animal research primates. Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. Plus the fact that I personally know the Latin attitude towards animals. That didn't make it right.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. Tags: animal research animal laboratories malaysia. This is pretty vile in my opinion. From the AP. This is the way it has to be.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Instead, DeMuth will plead guilty to conspiring to damage a Minnesota company that breeds ferrets. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI. DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

It was a natural progression for me to talk about how drug companies are basically out for profit, not to save people. My male friend agreed, but chose to focus on the drug companies' business practices themselves for the rest of the conversation. Tags: tales from the trenches. Or maybe she disagrees with me.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Tags: HSUS fur. A federal judge has issued a ruling that clears the way for a lawsuit against Macy's, Saks Fifth Ave., and several other retailers over alleged false advertising over "faux" fur products. The lawsuit, filed under the D.C.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Half way into her journey got some unexpected company, a 30-foot pygmy whale that Jodie nicknamed Larry. Tags: cute animals news. Once word spread about her new companion, donations started to pour in and helped Jodie raise over $100,000 in 24 hours. Larry swam with Jodie for two hours before going back on his way.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

The company had been a target of animal activists since video footage surfaced on television in the 1990s depicting animal abuse at its laboratory in the United Kingdom. Tags: huntingdon animal enterprise protection act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests.

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