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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan.