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.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This place is celebrating its 10th year with ground-breaking research into what makes us all fat. And let's not forget the required sanctimonious quote from an animal researcher “Our primates are essential partners in medical progress, as are mice, rats, guinea pigs and opossums. Fast food is bad for you? Oh brother.

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Critter News

JANUARY 12, 2010

I've been hearing nightmare stories about the Primate Center for years. A monkey allowed to starve to death was just one of the complaints noted in a U.S. A monkey allowed to starve to death was just one of the complaints noted in a U.S. Tags: animal research University of Washington USDA. The death occurred last April.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) Cows do not. Nor do camels.

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