Taste as a tool
AVMA News
APRIL 29, 2024
Researchers at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and elsewhere have spent decades gathering data about food palatability and investigating why pets have certain taste preferences.
The Birds That Audubon Missed: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2024
It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past through the lens of history and the lens of informed imagination, learning how to negotiate the grays of our ornithological heritage, and the magic of discovery. It does not have a bibliography, which I very much missed.
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Investigation Demanded for Southwest Lab
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2010
SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Tags: animal research primates Texas. Stop Animal Exploitation Now! Documents show discrepancies in reporting to two different regulatory agencies, suggesting fraud within the lab, SAEN claims.
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USDA Investigating Clemson University
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MAY 15, 2009
The investigation is related to the Animal Welfare Act and Clemson's research activities, but no details are available at this time. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research USDA medical research.
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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
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Undercover Animal Rights Investigator Interviewed
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2009
Really interesting interview with an animal rights undercover investigator. I admire these people tremendously, whether they go undercover on a factory farm or a research institute. Tags: animal abuse undercover investigation animal rights factory farm. This is very important work and an enlightening, though short, piece.
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British-Funded Lab Under Investigation in Malaysia
Critter News
JUNE 14, 2010
Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death. Tags: animal research malaysia.
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100 Malaysia Approves Controversial Research Lab
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JUNE 24, 2010
The investigation cleared the animal lab. MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. Tags: animal research malaysia. From Straits Time.
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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics. ” (p. It’s taken a critical mass of women scientists to be heard and to be respected.
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241 Student Researcher Says "Hooray for Animal Research"
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OCTOBER 13, 2009
He's helping to investigate possible drug cures for obesity. Freeman says that the most difficult thing he has encountered so far in his research comes not from the lab, but from people’s attitudes about animal testing. Interesting that animal research is not cruel or inhumane because it benefits US. Listen to this.
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Research Animals Rescued from North Carolina Lab
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
Their investigations produce results. An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. "We From the PR Newswire.
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PETA Busts University of Utah Research Lab
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NOVEMBER 12, 2009
An undercover PETA investigator shot hours of footage of alleged mistreatment of animals. s vice president for research. Tags: universities animal research utah undercover investigation PETA. A University representative denied any mistreatment: "None of the things she alleges are substantive," said Tom Parks, the U.'s
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Putting a Happy Face on Utah's Animal Research Program
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FEBRUARY 27, 2010
PETA's undercover investigation showed some really questionable practices going on in the University of Utah's animal research program. Here, the Salt Lake Tribune tries to smooth things over by showing the "happy side, " by talking about the research subjects that end up being adopted. Well, I guess those are the lucky ones.
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PETA Leads Anti-Animal Research Protest at University of Utah
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NOVEMBER 22, 2009
This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.
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Some History on the New Iberia Research Center
Critter News
MARCH 23, 2009
Here's some background on the New Iberia Research Center, target of the Humane Society investigation showing alleged chimpanzee abuse. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation humane society new iberia research center medical research us.
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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays. From the AP.
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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money
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MARCH 14, 2010
President Obama promised to eliminate wasteful government spending; funding for animal research is one area that is overdue for reform. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Tags: animal research Obama. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.
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Welsh Report Shows Increased Animal Research at Cardiff University
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AUGUST 2, 2010
According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university. Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales.
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Group Pursues Investigation of US Labs
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JUNE 4, 2009
researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release. The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A. "The
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Every sperm is sacred
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2015
That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (If The research doesn’t fully explain why “supernumerary” (as if they were extras in an opera!) But it points to new areas ripe for investigation. … especially if you’re a lady bird in heat.
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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens
Critter News
JUNE 28, 2009
It's a study funded by the US Department of Agriculture. One would think it would be elementary. Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. Or corporate net income.
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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).
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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2013
We’re always interested in what he’s up to and pleased that his research and our collective interest in cool birds can come together in such an opportune manner. Please read and then vote for either Nick or Maria’s research! Would you support research on birds with just a click on Facebook? Maria’s Project.
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225 The Bird 10K Project
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JULY 15, 2015
This is interesting right now because the AVian Phylogenomics Consortium has just announced the Bird 10K project, which ties together a pile of previously done research with some exciting new projects just taking off now. … …The phylogeny of birds has been one of the most challenging vertebrate groups to decipher.
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245 What’s in a Name: Limpkin
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2015
Finally, I was forced to do actual research. The investigation continues. ” I didn’t know, so I made the obvious American Woodcock joke and the world kept turning. But the question has continued to haunt me. And the answer, sadly, is what we all suspected: you don’t have to do much of anything except walk funny.
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Birding Yancheng, Jiangsu
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
If you are a really really important person in the area of Long-eared Owl diet research, instead of looking at hundreds of individual papers, I recommend reading the paper “Synthesis of 312 Studies on the Diet of the Long-Eared Owl Asio otus “
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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
It’s worth noting that these numbers are self-reported, so researchers assume that actual death totals are higher. Justice Department is investigating seven of the deaths, since they violate federal law. And that’s not even mentioning the many other non-eagle birds which meet an unfortunate end due to wind turbines.). .
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PETA Undercover Agent Also Worked in Oregon
Critter News
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Tags: university research animal research undercover investigation PETA. I say "good for her!"
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University of Florida Must Relinguish Primate Records
Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2012
An Alachua County Circuit Court judge has ordered the University of Florida to provide an animal rights activist with records on primates involved in research. Sikes received more than a dozen calls, including a death threat that UF police are investigating.
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100 University of Utah Cited by Dept. of Agriculture
Critter News
APRIL 23, 2010
They received citations for animal welfare infractions, although apparently few of these infractions overlap with PETA claims from an undercover investigation. Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA. You decide. From the Deseret News.
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Interview with VP of PETA's Laboratory Investigations
Critter News
JULY 4, 2010
Tags: animal research PETA.
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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press
Critter News
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Investigative journalism by the Salt Lake Tribune, following-up on allegations levelled by PETA against the University of Utah's Comparative Medicine Center and the Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute laboratories revealed the two laboratories had used 190 dogs and cats in 2009, all obtained from shelters.
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Canadian Council Says Mouse Pain Study Was Ethical
Critter News
JULY 26, 2010
I understand that, per the researcher's words, you have to create pain to study pain, but was this study really necessary? The research in question took place over many years and involved inducing various degrees of pain in mice using methods such as dipping their tails in hot water or injecting them with mustard oil or vinegar. "No
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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps
Critter News
MARCH 18, 2010
These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. I just love the language used by the Research Center's spokesperson. “The Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. Interesting.
PETA Settlement over Shelter Records
Critter News
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Follow-up from the Utah scandal in which shelter animals were being sold for research purposes. The money will cover a portion of PETA's legal fees for a lawsuit the group filed in January about animals that had been sold by the county shelter for research purposes. For the full story, go to NECN.com.
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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2016
Research done quite a while back suggests that this is adaptive. Researchers have been studying song learning in birds for some time. What’s more, the researchers found that juvenile birds pay more attention to this “baby talk” compared to other songs. You are certainly already familiar with this.
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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. But that’s another story. Here’s the idea. The graph shows the results.
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244 DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI. He faces a maximum of 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $5000.
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100 Last Monkey Recaptured by Primate Center
Critter News
APRIL 6, 2009
The last of nine monkeys that escaped from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro was found at 2 p.m. All the monkeys are healthy juvenile males and not involved in health research, officials said. We will be investigating the cause of this incident to try and prevent additional releases," she said.
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Cory’s Shearwater Uses Mental Map of Pelagic Odor
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
In order to investigate the nature of the cues exploited for oceanic navigation, Cory’s shearwaters, Calonectris borealis, nesting in the Azores were displaced and released in open ocean at about 800 km from their colony, after being subjected to sensory manipulation. Birds Navigation Olfaction research Sheawater'
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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Even to the author of the paper, who cautiously adds that “nest architecture is unlikely to be irrelevant to females, and its role deserves further investigation” (if swear words were allowed on 10,000 Birds, I would say that he is trying to cover his ass).
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231 Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2009
They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless. Remember animal research doesn't just create reports, it creates CAREERS as well.) Our primary concern is the advancement of investigative methodologies that lead to effective cures and treatments for human diseases.
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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru.
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210 Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2014
According to these researchers, only the exceptionally intelligent herons acquire the skill of bait fishing. In general, fish will swim to investigate anything that falls on the water hoping the object might be prey. Indeed only a small percentage of Green and Striated Herons (both closely related) engage in bait-fishing.
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