Critter News
JULY 6, 2009
Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.
Critter News
AUGUST 10, 2009
In the United States, we are in the midst of a health care debate in which the pharmaceutical industry disguises itself as a champion of the people. Big pharma is also involved in promoting animal research for its own benefit. But animal research is necessary, they also claim, because there are simply no other alternatives.
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Critter News
MARCH 15, 2009
In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. And the center added training and banned one researcher from animal contact in response.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2014
Still, we were extremely surprised as well as pleased when we received the following electronic missive: The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Library’s historic collection of Science Blogs. Also, we’ve bragged a lot about the fancy birds we’ve seen in fancy places.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. News to me.
Critter News
APRIL 23, 2010
Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2017
He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc.
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