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Europe's Pig Industry Mad about Undercover Investigation

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Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) Tags: europe tail docking pigs factory farm agribusiness. Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law.

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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

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Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? Industry representatives were also present at the conference, which was held as part of the European Partnership on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA). Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. I just don't understand it.

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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research

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A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research.

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Ban on Ape Testing Proposed in EU

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Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Tags: europe apes. Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. by Scott Weidensaul. Norton, Pan Macmilan (U.K.).

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RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research

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[The conference] began on the 30th of August and runs until the 3rd of September, two members of the RSPCA’s Research Animals Department are attending the event together with worldwide representatives of NGOs, industry and science as well as authorities and decision-makers.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. Tags: europe animal research medical research. They also called for a feasibility study before agreeing to a ban on capturing wild primates to use in laboratories.