Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. Tags: animal experimentation animal research activism animal rights medical research.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. Since this is a new phenomenon in our lives, we can’t know the ultimate costs to our children. To the Editor: What parent or teacher has not noticed that girls are maturing far earlier than they used to?

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2007

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. This does not mean that animals may never be deliberately harmed or become subjects of research. Franklin, Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy [New York: Columbia University Press, 2005], 125)

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