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Ruppy the glowing puppy

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The worlds’ first transgenic dog, Ruppy (short for Ruby Puppy), produces a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light. Dogs often are used in research for narcolepsy, certain cancers and blindness. Tags: news. Lee was also part of a team that created the first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005.

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Animal Rights Activists Jailed in Europe

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The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. From Reuters.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. Henry looks at Hare’s hand and follows the pointed finger. and Europe.

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On Alienating the Neighbors

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I'll think about it as I research cameras. As for neighbors, a couple of years ago I wrote about how my next-door neighbor's daughter, who is in medical school, visited her parents and brought a puppy (Izzy) from a pet store with her. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. But I didn't get very far. Any advice?

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