Critter News

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The increase was largely due to new EU rules on chemical compounds, which have led to an increase in testing on rats, the inspectors said. Tags: animal research Netherlands. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research.

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Critter News

MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. God created animals for the benefits of human beings. That's why he created rats and monkeys. From the AP.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Those patterns hint at the ancient origins of human hilarity and suggest that other social species - including apes, dogs and rats - really, truly laugh as well. A prominent researcher in the specialized field of animal laughter, Jaak Panksepp of Washington State University, said it definitely goes farther back than that. "I

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Critter News

OCTOBER 24, 2009

But see the qualifications in the article.The animal research has offered one explanation for the rising number of babies born with these conditions. However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to. So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment.

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Critter News

AUGUST 10, 2009

It's so much cheaper to buy, use and dispose of a bunch of voiceless chimpanzees and thousands of rats than to invest in alternative R&D. Here's an opinion piece in the Guardian that is another good refutation of pro-animal research arguments.

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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Homemakers employ deadly rat traps and poisons to rid their dwellings of vermin. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport. Many (though not all) animal lovers kind of suck too, including myself. Chefs place live lobsters in pots of boiling water.

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