Critter News

JULY 6, 2009

Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Humane Society Of The United States District of Columbia Research 100

Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

The NC3Rs brings together stakeholders in the 3Rs in academia, industry, government and animal welfare organisations to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, and the translation of research findings into practice that will benefit both animals and science.

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Research Medical Research Animal Welfare Animal 100

Critter News

JUNE 29, 2009

The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research.

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Texas Medical Research Euthanasia Animal 100

Critter News

MAY 24, 2009

These activities are protected by the First Amendment. I have to say, this is pretty lame. Blowing things up or burning down buildings is one thing, but writing things on the sidewalk?

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AETA Protest Protesting Protesters 100

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Read The better informed you are, the greater the impact you can make, so read everything you can. A well-referenced book is probably your best source of reliable information. There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway.

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Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. The director informed me that not only spit is apt to fly in such a situation; and at his urging we retreated. From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6

Animal 100

Animal Medical Research Apes Research 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. The visual beauty and textual facts are a strong combination. The chapter “Horseshoe Crabs” illustrates why this is THE keystone species of the Delaware Bay.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177