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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals. The sweeping set of reforms provided for in Act 154 (P S.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." But the question is how can we properly address that?