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American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges – March 9-11, 2023

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The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) held its annual conference and Iverson Bell Symposium from March 9-11 in Washington, D.C.

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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

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At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. Are politicians more willing to act? What gives?

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South Dakota Governor Wants Livestock Research Facility

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This looks like its for farming of livestock, not medical research, but that's bad too. He asked industry experts at the conference to give their input on how the center should be developed. Research on animals is research on animals. From the High Plains Journal. The Argus Leader reports that Rounds announced Sept.

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

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RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research

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The conference] began on the 30th of August and runs until the 3rd of September, two members of the RSPCA’s Research Animals Department are attending the event together with worldwide representatives of NGOs, industry and science as well as authorities and decision-makers. But their silence and cluelessness is essentially their consent.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

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School children in Sacramento and conference attendees in San Diego who met the dog quickly got the message, and the excitement, that no one needs to be defined by their circumstances when Tink raced toward them. Our nation struggles with a medical system focused on disease, not on health, and on procedures, not on caring.

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