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Physicians Committee Accuses University of Washington of Cruelty to Ferrets

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A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. The complaining group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, based in Washington, D.C.,

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." The animal-welfare groups have failed in their most ambitious efforts to protect laboratory rodents. "We

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Shark Bay and Monkey Mia

10,000 Birds

The site is famous for a place called Monkey Mia, where dolphins have learnt to come up to the beach a few times a day to get snacks. But the presentation was excellent, and made education, dolphin welfare and safety a priority, and I couldn’t fault it at all. Yes its an absolute circus.

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