Critter News

MAY 26, 2009

Nice article about people who are committed to defending "lab rats" used for medical research. I've worked with rats and I find them charming and intelligent creatures. Tags: rats animal experimentation laboratories medical research. So I think it's sad to read this.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In fact, I experienced it first hand when my pet rat developed breast cancer late in her life. Many people don’t realize that pets can also suffer from breast cancer. Tags: guest post pet care. Here are some great facts about breast cancer in dogs and cats. Thanks to PurinaCare for sending them our way.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Before you answer, here are some details to inform your decision: The first "knockout animals" were laboratory rats, whose anterior cingulate cortex have been damaged/blocked so that though they might still feel pain, they do not find it unpleasant. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. That action is to opt out and go vegan.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. Scientists mapped out the entire mouse genome in 2002 and the rat genome in 2004.) And for what?

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