Critter News

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

s vice president for research. In one case, up to 17 kittens from three litters died or were euthanized -- with no experiment data generated -- after injections to induce hydrocephalus. Tags: universities animal research utah undercover investigation PETA. Per the Salt Lake Tribune, these are some of the allegations.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

From plastics made from feather protein to diesel fuel made from fat to organic fertilizer made from poultry litter, the USA's top meat producers are developing new uses and markets for the animal parts that humans won't eat, says Tom Cook, president of the National Renderers Association in Alexandria, Va. Tags: morbid thoughts.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The vet did give me a hard time about the dogs' animal-free diets (my traditional vets don't, ironically), and my response was that unless she could show me some research that his particular type of injury needs animal protein to heal, I wasn't going to change anything. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. been there. My poor boy.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Language. Lucky for Kermie, she was otherwise occupied.

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