Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

They did not experiment on primates (I asked!), but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. Interesting that many of the grants this place gets specifically say they can't experiment on any domesticated animals (cats and dogs I guess.). Then, heading out, I noticed three little knitted mice. Weird, weird, weird.

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Guinea Pigs Medical Research Mice Guinea 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Yet, even if it were not for the tourists, this owl should be applauded by the local farmers: during the five winter months, they eat about half a million voles and mice. Soon, we parked by the main square and asked one of the curio sellers where are the owls? The autumn is too warm and I haven’t seen any.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Mice and vole urine is visible through ultraviolet vision that Kestrels appear to have… to some extend. I would certainly be nice to set up an experiment to learn what the Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures use to find their prey in the thick grasslands they favor. It is just a field observation of a behavioral trait.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

After my Przevalski experience, I now look up such names to check whether the person the bird is named after has made similar racist statements, or even done worse things. Another website – apparently one for kids – claims that they get their name from the way they scurry along like mice.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Failed to ensure that experiments minimized discomfort, distress and pain to the animals. In one case, up to 17 kittens from three litters died or were euthanized -- with no experiment data generated -- after injections to induce hydrocephalus. "It's a remarkably banal list of ordinary events in an animal-care facility."

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

World Week for Animals in Laboratories (April 17-24) exposes their plight and the broken federal research funding system that perpetuates outdated animal experiments at the expense of modern and more humane technologies. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2015

I am within one of Florida’s sub-tropical zones, and my birding experiences have expanded, with life birds galore. They are partially covered with Sea Oats and other vegetation, providing habitat for beach mice, shorebirds, and other species. As part of my new job I work on Okaloosa Island, separated from the beach merely by the dunes.

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Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

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.

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Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

Parlay greyhounds aren't for entertainment to they're not for experimenting on to neither are mice (again, takes a minute, but I've done it). Parlay greyhounds aren't for entertainment to they're not for eating to chickens aren't for eating either (this one takes a couple of minutes + a willing receiver).

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I've used the term "animal activism" lately as an experiment. If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish. I'm trying to gauge people's receptivity to what I'm about to say.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

On the other hand, kids that don’t get the experience of having a pet early may become afraid of animals, especially if their parents don’t particularly care for animals. I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. I believe between ages 4 and 8 is ideal, although older kids can also benefit.

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