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APRIL 4, 2009

The Centre funds high-quality 3Rs research, organises workshops and symposia to disseminate and advance the 3Rs, and develops 3Rs information resources and guidelines. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research.

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Critter News

JUNE 12, 2010

I read the following in a book about the pharmaceutical industry by Marcia Angell (the first woman to serve as the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and currently a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Medical School) called The Truth about the Drug Companies. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway. This rapidly growing site is to be a global resource on alternative methods, the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement), animal ethics, and animal care, with hyperlinks to related Web sites and databases.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Tree Swallow by Mike Bergin Tags: poetry , swallows • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Get yours today!

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2007

Some, such as my niece's Tag, are utterly spoiled. They have the best food money can buy, climate-controlled shelter, comfortable bedding, ample exercise, liberty to move about, toys to play with, and medical care (including control of parasites). How many are suffering for lack of food, fuel, shelter, clothing, or medical care?

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Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

It's a book about societal collapses resulting from poor decisions about the environment, resource-use, etc. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics medical research science. This exchange was part of a larger group discussion about Collapse by Jared Diamond. I raised the point that science does not solve everything.

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