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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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

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Healthy pets see their vets! #GetHealthyHappy

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According to Dr. Ashley Gallagher, of Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., Of course, it’s not just about saving money. With the correct medication and a healthy diet , she has been at her correct weight for several years now! missing your pet’s yearly check up is like missing 5 years of checkups!

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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She supports medical research on animals. This woman, who I now mentally call "THE VIVISECTOR," defended medical research. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." She is a practicing Catholic. That's all fine, except for one thing.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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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. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine.