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Investigation Demanded for Southwest Lab

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SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Tags: animal research primates Texas. Stop Animal Exploitation Now! Documents show discrepancies in reporting to two different regulatory agencies, suggesting fraud within the lab, SAEN claims.

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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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President Obama promised to eliminate wasteful government spending; funding for animal research is one area that is overdue for reform. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Tags: animal research Obama. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.

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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. It's a study funded by the US Department of Agriculture. One would think it would be elementary. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. Or corporate net income.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage. Biologist Lindsay Young says it will take 8 years to replace the breeding birds; 14 years of research and data have been destroyed. Who suffers for these crimes? If his lawyer succeeds, Gutierrez won’t, either.

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FL Animal Control Conducts Bizarre Experiment

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It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility. Department of Agriculture investigative report. The temperature did not exceed 86 degrees, the dog was closely monitored and suffered no ill affects, they said. Weather conditions were also similar.

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

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In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue).

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. When the animal recovers from the anesthetic, it is given access to a mirror.

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