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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Deborah Dubow Press Washington, Sept. 9, 2009 The writer is on the staff of the Farm Animal Program, Animal Welfare Institute.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.