WHO publishes updated list of medically important antimicrobials
AVMA News
APRIL 19, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its updated list of medically important antimicrobials.
AVMF, VPRF pharmacology grant recipients undertake research projects
AVMA News
JANUARY 30, 2024
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) and the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Foundation (VPRF) selected three veterinary researchers as recipients of the organizations’ 2023-24 pharmacology research grants.
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Rising from the rubble: Maui wildfire relief efforts continue
AVMA News
OCTOBER 2, 2023
That includes the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), which has given a $20,000 grant to the Maui Humane Society, a $10,000 grant to Greater Good Charities, and an $19,000 estate gift to the Hawaii VMA so that the organizations can help recover and treat animals in need.
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AVMF, VPRF announce pharmacology research grant winners
AVMA News
MAY 1, 2023
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) and the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Foundation (VPRF) selected two veterinary researchers as recipients of the organizations’ 2022-23 pharmacology research grants.
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Organizations Putting Animals First
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 17, 2012
Thankfully, there are some organizations out there that make it their business to look after and care for our animal counterparts. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. A non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.,
Harvard Medical School Facility Accused of Improper Research Reporting
Critter News
OCTOBER 21, 2010
An Ohio-based animal rights organization has filed a complaint against Harvard Medical School, alleging that the school's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough did not properly report its experiments on animals. Harvard Medical School has not listed those primates as receiving unrelieved pain or distress, Budkie said.
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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?
Critter News
MARCH 10, 2009
Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. Tags: animal experimentation medical research monkeys. He said he didn’t know what his opinion was because he didn’t know all the facts. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.” It’s just a question of WILL.
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Profile of "Pro-Test"
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research. Long and impressive expose.
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Yes, That Bald Bird Is A Bald Cardinal…Probably
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
I’ve volunteered with a couple of organizations that had education birds used for public programs. At another organization, the education Great Horned Owl dropped its head, neck and body feathers, leaving only the facial disc feathers and wing feathers in place during the molt.
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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. And why would the National Audubon Society cave so quickly to an organization completely at odds with its conservation mission? But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use. The other is trap and euthanize.
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South Polar Skuas on a New York Pelagic
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2015
It was a pelagic trip organized by See Life Paulagics and it was a pretty memorable trip with five species of shearwater, Leach’s Storm-Petrels , Wilson’s Storm-Petrels , a variety of dolphins, some sharks, and a variety of other sea life.
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PETA Protests Military's Testing on Pigs
Critter News
AUGUST 14, 2009
They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention. Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. But it's worth noting that someone out there took some action on this gruesome story. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time.
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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2021
Hopefully, my description of the guide and its unique organization will also be useful to more advanced mycological enthusiasts. Originally organized by structure and ecology, they have been reclassified according to relationships discovered by DNA research. Comments, especially from mycologists, are welcome. copyright © 2021 Karl B.
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Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2010
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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Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release. Tags: animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty medical research. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging a probe of 50 U.S.
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AVMA Reveals Itself As Apologist for Animal Research
Critter News
AUGUST 8, 2009
It should be no surprise that the American Veterinary Medical Association is an apologist. Here's the organization's defense of its primate veterinarian members. They have paying members that are part of the animal research industry itself. Cleverly, they also emphasize how many "animals" are saved by animal research.
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Good Idea: Pet Keeper
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 18, 2009
The PetKeeper comes with a VetKeeper pouch that you can keep important medical records and medications in, while also being removable making it easy to take with you to the vet. There is space for photos and for keeping track of milestones and memories.
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Must-Have Apps for the Avid Pet Lover
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 2, 2012
With Petfinder’s mobile app, you can have access to the databases of 13,000 shelters and rescue organizations; and it definitely helps to have it with you as you bounce from one shelter to another, so you can compare fees and legal requirements. It is a great organizer for managing your pet’s health care and training.
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Exposing the Pharmaceutical Industry's Interest in Animal Research
Critter News
AUGUST 10, 2009
It is funding stealth organizations that support "patients' choices" and that assist in organized mob disruptions of town hall meetings. Tags: animal experimentation UK animal research pharmaceuticals medical research. This is all a big charade to keep our health care system unchanged and their pharma profits high.
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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?
Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Are animal rights organizations more effective? Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. I just don't understand it. Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? They have drug companies that are just as powerful as those here. Is public outcry greater? Are politicians more willing to act? What gives?
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100 SRI Denies Access to the Humane Society
Critter News
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
received a very minor injury to the finger, was treated onsite by emergency response personnel and then at a local medical facility," SRI said in a statement released Monday. "The worker. The worker is fine and returned to work on Monday."
The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
She also found other research on birds and smell, particularly the pioneering work of Bernice Wenzel, the medical illustrations of Betsy Bang, Gabrielle Nevitt work with seabirds, and more recently, the Crested Auklet studies of Julie Hagelin and the genetic olfactory research of Silke Steiger in Germany.
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209 Ground Zero Hero
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people. Since most civilian search-and-rescue people are volunteers, this puts a heavy burden on these citizens, who do this work out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2009
Americans For Medical Advancement (AFMA) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes biomedical research and the practice of medicine based on critical thinking and our current understanding of evolutionary and developmental biology, complex systems and genomics. I'll let them describe their positions in their own words.
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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 10, 2010
The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. The DDF works with national organizations to help promote and facilitate the role dogs play in human health, development and service.
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A Chance for Bliss
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 5, 2011
Many of the dogs also have special medication needs. In addition, children from local schools and more experienced citizens from senior organizations also come to the sanctuary to visit and learn about the joys of senior and special needs animals. .
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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 26, 2012
Many organizations exist throughout the United Kingdom to assist farriers and people desiring to be farriers to become registered and remain well educated through classes, training and competitions. If caught early, the club foot can be fixed using corrective trimming and a visit to the veterinarian for pain medications as needed.
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Critters (and Couture!) For The Cure
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 21, 2010
CFTC differentiates itself by providing the most direct and fastest support of any womens cancer non-profit, including national organizations. Committee members and sponsors will be joined by members of the political, professional, medical, and philanthropic communities to help fight the ongoing battle against womens cancer.
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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.
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Lightning Storms and Eagles
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2013
Not only were her organs exposed, the entire area was alive with maggots. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. We put her on the clinic’s exam table. Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me.
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4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 1, 2009
Tails Of Aloha is an all volunteer Animal Assisted Therapy Organization, located on Oahu in the state of Hawaii, with animals on all of the major Hawaiian Islands. What is the mission of your organization? How is your organization run? What is the one thing that people could do to help your organization the most?
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4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 11, 2010
An important advantage of adopting a dog from a shelter is that you can be sure he was checked for any medical ailments and given all the proper vaccinations. There you can find listings from shelters, rescue organizations, and other individuals. The second source is the Internet. Written by PennySaverUSA.com.
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100 Maple Farm Sanctuary Needs Your Help!
Animal Person
MARCH 24, 2009
They currently care for about 80 animals, almost half of whom are special needs cases who require extra time, attention and medical care. Maple Farm Sanctuary is a charitable 501(c)3 organization that Cheri and Jim have made tremendous sacrifices to found. The sanctuary runs on a very modest budget of approximately $55,000 year.
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100 Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 8, 2009
This year’s fundraiser event is being coordinated via Choice Productions along with organic catering. The animals are given shelter, vaccinated, medically evaluated, housed, and fed until they are reunited with their owners or adopted into loving homes.
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Water Worries—How We're Drugging Other Species
Animal Ethics
MARCH 11, 2008
Traces of analgesics, antidepressants, antibiotics, antihistamines, anti-hypertension drugs, anti-seizure medications, and birth control hormones are turning up in the Nation's municipally-delivered drinking water and also in our rivers, lakes, and streams. Till then, you might want to switch to biodynamic organic wine.
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Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 13, 2008
9, 2008 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns , a nonprofit organization that is a sponsor of Proposition 2. To the Editor: The American Veterinary Medical Association urges California voters to think twice before voting on Proposition 2. Ron DeHaven Chief Executive American Veterinary Medical Association Schaumburg, Ill.,
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Animal Ethics
JULY 25, 2007
be they medical, behavioral, placement or training and education so that, in the long run, the cycle of cruelty to animals is broken. We constantly stretch our limited resources to save lives as a nonprofit organization. The real story here is our tireless commitment to fighting animal cruelty.
Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. The chapter “Horseshoe Crabs” illustrates why this is THE keystone species of the Delaware Bay. Most articles on the Delaware Bay focus on horseshoe crabs and Red Knots.
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Animal Ethics
APRIL 2, 2007
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important than the type of production system for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs. Finally, organic doesn’t mean safe. As for the environment, the pork industry prides itself on being a zero-discharge industry.
India’s Raptor Rescuers
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2015
But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2008
Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. To the Editor: The argument made by Gov.
International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
The plight of these birds inspired her, along with a handful of other concerned individuals, to do everything they could to save them, and by April of 1971 International Bird Rescue Research Center (now known as International Bird Rescue) was incorporated as a non-profit organization.
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Animal Ethics
JULY 5, 2007
June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. Consumers want less use of drugs and chemicals in milk production, not more, as shown by skyrocketing organic milk purchases. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,
Creature Comforts: Tips for Moving with Pets
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 23, 2014
Educate yourself on your destination locale’s pet entry regulations, licensing regulations, and laws by contacting the State Veterinarian or State Department of Agriculture and the City Clerk’s office, local humane organization, or area animal control facility. Verify that your house or apartment allows pets. Moving Day.
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