Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

President Obama promised to eliminate wasteful government spending; funding for animal research is one area that is overdue for reform. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Tags: animal research Obama.

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Critter News

MAY 31, 2010

to set up a biotechnology center in southern Malacca state has come under fire by activists because it will conduct tests on dogs and primates to make medicines. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused. The plans by India's Vivo BioTech Ltd.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

There are researchers out there who say that they do. Researchers tickled babies and six different kinds of apes, quantified their giggles, and found that the patterns fit a classic evolutionary tree. Tags: animal behavior primates. I certainly think they can laugh and have fun. I've seen it.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. They did not experiment on primates (I asked!), Interesting that many of the grants this place gets specifically say they can't experiment on any domesticated animals (cats and dogs I guess.). It was a jarring moment.

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