Critter News
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Johannesburg - A Bloemfontein man received a criminal record on Friday for a "backyard experiment" on a pregnant monkey, the NSPCA said. He had severed her spinal cord to paralyse her for a "backyard experiment. The NSPCA in November 2008 charged Jordaan for his "merciless treatment" of a heavily pregnant vervet monkey.
Critter News
MAY 15, 2009
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.
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Critter News
JULY 12, 2009
Another crass attempt at primate slavery for money wrapped in "we put people first" robes." The proposed primate breeding facility would violate both the letter and the spirit of Puerto Rico’s progressive new law, which strictly limits the use of animals in experimentation. From the ALDF action alert page.
Critter News
OCTOBER 24, 2009
I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression. Plus, are mice comparable to kids (although I would prefer mice subjects to primates who are so much more sensitive)? One of the conclusions? Don't let your mouse watch TV."
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. Then he and the interviewer describe some of the experiments. His rationale for using primates is that they are not on a "full trajectory" for becoming humans, like young children are.
Critter News
OCTOBER 8, 2009
Animal research is too lucrative for the university/government/pharma complex to risk macaques on YouTube and the public judging the asinine and repetitive experiments many researchers know they live on. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal research primates. At a tax payer cost of $472,370? For how many years?
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. The natural experiment must have been tried very infrequently, at least recently. How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? For all we know, occasional viable crosses between humans and chimpanzees are possible.*
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