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Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines

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Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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Utah Ends Forced Pound Seizures

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Now animal shelters have the right to refuse to release animals to the University of Utah for animal research. Tags: animal research utah university of utah legislation PETA. Previously, they were required to allow these "pound seizures."

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House Bill to Prevent Primates as Pets

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Consideration of the needed legislation comes just one week after a woman was critically injured in a vicious chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Connecticut - leaving no doubt that the danger of nonhuman primates in homes and to communities must be addressed. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.

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Ban on Ape Testing Proposed in EU

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But some animal welfare groups and researchers accused the European Union of masking weak regulation with empty gestures, as no great apes have been used in EU research for six years. Tags: europe apes.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1

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Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom. Similar legislation permitted the NIH itself to enter into deals with drug companies that would directly transfer NIH discoveries to industry.

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Another Fake Animal Welfare Group

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Our members are pet owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers, fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists. It was created in order to focus more resources on influencing legislation and defending the victims of animal and environmental extremism.

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Lobsters Are Smarter than Many Think

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When researchers at Queen's University in Belfast daubed acetic acid on the antennae of 144 prawns, the animals reacted by vigorously rubbing and grooming the affected antenna for several minutes. Tags: lobsters animal rescue food. A study in New Scientist gives chefs who insist that crustaceans cannot feel pain "claws" for concern.

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