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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.

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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Something to Be Concerned About

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From Alternet.org.all CAPS are my emphasis Under the law, an animal enterprise includes any business that deals in animal research or uses or sells animal products. This could be read as anything from a lab conducting medical research on monkeys to a gas station that sells beef jerky.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

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research) rally in defense of his community (he considers himself a proxy for the entire UCLA community). What Jentsch is doing is counter-productive. Peaceful protests were ignored, as well. Home protests were ignored also. Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans."