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APRIL 23, 2010

They received citations for animal welfare infractions, although apparently few of these infractions overlap with PETA claims from an undercover investigation. Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA. You decide. From the Deseret News.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The investigation cleared the animal lab. MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. Tags: animal research malaysia. From Straits Time.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The SPCA took 1045 animals out of a home in Texas that were living in horrible conditions. When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. animal seizures in memory. "At

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MAY 16, 2010

Anyway, I'm wondering if the decision could have been influenced by PETA's investigation of how reptiles are being skinned alive for these sales. Tags: animal cruelty exotic skins lizards. And I just bought something from them last month for the first time. This PETA post doesn't claim the credit though.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products. And the disturbing video: Tags: animal cruelty PETA. Not a pretty picture.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Their investigations produce results. An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

PETA's undercover investigation showed some really questionable practices going on in the University of Utah's animal research program. What if an animal doesn't make it through? What if an animal doesn't make it through? Tags: animal research university of utah animal shelters. So sad, too bad?

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JANUARY 19, 2010

I received this from the Humane Society regarding a program to premiere January 25 on Animal Planet. It's the first episode ever of "Animal Planet Investigates: Dogfighting Exposed." Unfortunately, I don't get Animal Planet, but I'm pleased to see them running edgier programming. To me, that's progress.

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Investigators found that dogfighting was on the rise in Texas and was much more widespread than they had expected. The ring broken up here had links to dogfighting organizations in other states and in Mexico, suggesting an extensive underground network of people devoted to the activity, investigators said. From the New York Times.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Most of their animals get put down. Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI. He faces a maximum of 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $5000.

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MARCH 14, 2010

Animal research is not necessary to promote human health despite claims from vested interests. Recent published studies document that an old boys network in the federal grant award process keeps “aging cash cows” afloat while leaving younger, innovative investigators struggling. Tags: animal research Obama.

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. Finally, a cruelty suit against Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is coming to trial. employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Center director Nancy Haigwood said the perimeter fence will be improved to make it more difficult for an animal to leave the property. "We We will be investigating the cause of this incident to try and prevent additional releases," she said. Tags: animal experimentation primates medical research oregon.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Clay County violated five federal animal welfare regulations in a in September 2008 experiment that involved putting a dog in a non-air-conditioned truck for an hour at midday, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigative report. Tags: animal cruelty Stupid USDA animal welfare us.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Sargeant, doing business as Sargeant’s Wholesale Biologicals, buys carcasses from animal shelters and sells them to research facilities such as UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. Tags: animal shelter management animal cruelty california san joaquin valley.

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JANUARY 11, 2009

Our primary concern is the advancement of investigative methodologies that lead to effective cures and treatments for human diseases. Tags: animal research.

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