Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Tags: rats animal experimentation military pigs. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pigs 100

Pigs Research Ethical Treatment Afghanistan 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

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? Climate change looms large over all migration research, it “is reshaping every single thing about migration” (p.

Cyprus 259

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 259

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Homemakers employ deadly rat traps and poisons to rid their dwellings of vermin. Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing.

Michael Vick 100

Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Before you answer, here are some details to inform your decision: The first "knockout animals" were laboratory rats, whose anterior cingulate cortex have been damaged/blocked so that though they might still feel pain, they do not find it unpleasant. Why kill and maim and waste taxpayer dollars--or any dollars--on such things?

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” Tags: spay and neuter quantico military feral cats. They’re a big impact on wildlife.

Feral Cats 100

Feral Cats Feral Compassion Cats 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them. It does not make them more or less a "tool."

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100