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It's Tough to Report about OHSU's Primate Lab

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I wish the Seattle weeklies would at least try to cover the University of Washington's Primate Center. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. Sounds like there can be a whole lot of drama surrounding the Willamette Week's attempts to report about this place.

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Update on Proposition 2 in CA

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Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington. In July, the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)’s board of directors voted 9-4 to endorse Prop 2.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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She supports medical research on animals. This woman, who I now mentally call "THE VIVISECTOR," defended medical research. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." Tags: tales from the trenches. She is a practicing Catholic.

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Dublin Dog Foundation (giveaway)

4 The Love Of Animals

The foundation’s fund raising goal of $20,000 will help to cover all the costs associated with the dog’s training, graduation, food and medical bills for the dog’s lifetime. to Washington D.C. The winner of the raffle will be announced at the close of the ride in Washington, D.C. Tags: giveaways.

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Dublin Dog Foundation Update

4 The Love Of Animals

The funds raised covered all the costs associated with the training, graduation, food and medical bills for Butterball’s lifetime. to Washington, D.C., Tags: news. The Dublin Dog Foundation teamed up with Canine Assistants to select Winston-Salem, N.C., The 2009 Let Freedom Bark charity ride from Charlotte, N.C.

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. Tags: animal experimentation animal research activism animal rights medical research.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

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. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. And for what?