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Animal Researchers' Emotional Blackmail

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Here's a succinct letter to the editor that summarizes the emotional blackmail propogated by animal researchers. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research. From the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, WA. The million dollar ad campaign by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (“Critical research,” Nov.

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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?

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Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. Many people feel very uncomfortable with animal testing, even scientists I think, which is why they often get so emotional and defensive about their research. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions. Tags: animal experimentation animal research. From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 But chimpanzees can abstract.

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Guest Post: Bonding with your kitten.

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Some kittens will have certain things that they do when they are happy or when they want attention, for example, and by observing this behavior you will be able to pinpoint your kitten’s emotions better throughout its life, which is a wonderful bond that you can share. Tags: guest post. Guest Post: Bonding with your kitten.

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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. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?

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Tails of Aloha

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I didn’t want to imagine a place where tiny children lived on heavy medical equipment hanging on to life every moment. Tags: guest post people helping animals. For the longest time I wanted to get the courage to go and do a pet visit. But the truth is I was scared that emotionally it would throw me into a deep heart break.

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