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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

Critter News

I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. PETA leads the charge against the Coast Guard. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. For the full story, go here to the Washington Post.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

This morning, during the Facebook discussion, Engber writes (and the first sentence is reason alone to chime in): Bring on the PETA hotties! By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans. Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine.