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PETA Settlement over Shelter Records

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Follow-up from the Utah scandal in which shelter animals were being sold for research purposes. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden said Wednesday that the county will pay $17,732 to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA will have access to the requested records. For the full story, go to NECN.com.

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Research Animals Rescued from North Carolina Lab

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Awful story, but this is the reason I support PETA, even when they do wacky things sometimes. We applaud the dedicated efforts of animal welfare advocates who stepped up to take in these animals, and hope that the exposure of this situation will underscore the need for stricter enforcement to protect animals in research facilities."

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Pam Anderson Urges End to India's Animal Testing

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Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. "It Sounds like she watched a harsh video.

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Puerto Rico Ships Monkey to.Baghdad?

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Puerto Rico is eager to rid itself of the estimated 2,000 patas and rhesus monkeys that have taken a toll on wildlife and agriculture in the Lajas Valley since escaping from nearby research centers 30 years ago. "We So, I actually agree with PETA in this case. "In We will give them all the monkeys they want," said Sgt.

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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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PETA leads the charge against the Coast Guard. Frederick was responding after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the Pentagon to stop the practice. I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. For the full story, go here to the Washington Post.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

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He pairs conventional wisdom with actual research on such wisdom and speaks to experts who’ve been pondering the issues from the perspectives of their various disciplines. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue). Of course that can be debated.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.