Help Release Chimps from Medical Research
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MARCH 17, 2009
Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal cruelty vivisection anti-cruelty medical research. Visit this site. Project R&R is a campaign of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society.
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Leona Helmsley's Fortune Goes to Medical Research
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APRIL 23, 2009
Over $100 million went to medical research while about $1 million went to animal welfare causes. Actually, less than $1 million dollars went to animal welfare because a portion went to guide dog associations and that is human welfare as far as I’m concerned.) It’s more money for medical research.
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Animal Researchers' Emotional Blackmail
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NOVEMBER 14, 2009
Here's a succinct letter to the editor that summarizes the emotional blackmail propogated by animal researchers. The million dollar ad campaign by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (“Critical research,” Nov. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research.
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Government Grants for Animal Research
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APRIL 2, 2009
If you really want to ruin your day, visit this web page with a list of government grants involving animal research. It has a list of grant applications, researchers and details on the actual studies. Tags: animal experimentation animal research military medical research us. Not pretty.
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Will Animal Research Ever End?
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JUNE 5, 2009
Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research science. I think we could change things even sooner, but I just don't see the will or the interest in most of the scientific community. I just don't understand why.
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Animal Researchers Promote Sob Stories
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OCTOBER 12, 2009
I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I don't believe they want an honest dialogue about what they are doing to animals. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists. All of this BS by medical researchers must be challenged.
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100 Class "B" Animals Sold for Medical Research
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APRIL 13, 2009
In the shadow of a $5 million-dollar grant given to Oklahoma State’s renowned veterinary school and then rescinded due to allegations of abusive and cruel animal research practices, Oklahoma State University Philosophy Club and Friends of the Forms will host animal activist Chris DeRose. DeRose will speak at 7 p.m.,
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Animal Researchers Use Billboards to Promote Themselves
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OCTOBER 29, 2009
The "brave" animal researchers are taking their argument to the public and bypassing animal right activists. a billboard funded by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Thanks to animal research, you won't." Let's discuss the research. Here's an example. Ever had leprosy.
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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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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research
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JUNE 4, 2009
Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers. Tags: europe animal research medical research.
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Some Groups that Still Support Animal Research
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Komen Foundation *British Heart Foundation *World Cancer Research Fund I can't tell you all what I do for a living because it's kind of sensitive, but let's just say that my unit has had dealings with Susan G. Tags: animal research medical research.
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Exposing the Pharmaceutical Industry's Interest in Animal Research
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AUGUST 10, 2009
Big pharma is also involved in promoting animal research for its own benefit. It claims that it must research on animals in order to save people, but then charges such high costs for drugs to these same people that many, even in the rich country of the US, must forego them and risk their lives.
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Biomedical Foundation Launches Campaign to Show Animal Research is Grrrrrrreat!
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced today it has launched a one-year national animal research education campaign. Since 2004, public support for humane animal research to advance human and animal health has fallen 10 points. Once again, they're just using their most effective weapon.guilt.
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Settlement Forces Animal Research Facilities to Disclose More
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JULY 6, 2009
Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Now, I know it doesn't solve everything, but it's another chink in the armor. From the LA Times.
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Read an Analysis of Slate's Animal Research Series
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JUNE 9, 2009
Animal Person , someone who is clearly smarter than me, has a great analysis about the recent "Pepper" series in Slate about animal research. At least he didn't try to make me feel happy or warm and fuzzy about animal research. Animal Person points out this comment made by Daniel Engber, the author.
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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research
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APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
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100 RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? How many of them actually see these animals in the labs? Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research.
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Anti-Research Advocacy in Madison
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JUNE 15, 2010
Interesting article on anti-animal research advocacy in Madison, WI. Tags: animal research medical research university of madison-wisconsin. Madison is a key battleground because it is one of only 8 cities with primate centers in the country.
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Profile of "Pro-Test"
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research. Long and impressive expose.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
The AALAS Foundation has teamed up with the Whyville Web site to launch the Community Animal Research Environment (CARE), a series of educational games in a virtual laboratory. Talk about an unholy alliance.beef and medical research. There was a link from Drovers, America's Beef Business Source.
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Rumors Circulate over Cancellation of Anthrax Project
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DECEMBER 8, 2009
Research supporters are going crazy over Oklahoma State University stopping anthrax testing on baboons. In addition to the threat of animal "extremists," they are also blaming T. Tags: universities animal research primarily primates medical research.
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A Reluctant Vivisector
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JUNE 7, 2009
For all of you who think there are no moral quandaries to vivisection and animal research, read this. At least someone who has conducted animal research has a conscience and is willing to write about it. They just want to take away our rights to research!" In fact, read the whole 5-part series in Slate.
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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2010
More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research. Tags: animal research Netherlands. 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.
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100 It's Tough to Report about OHSU's Primate Lab
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AUGUST 15, 2009
Tags: university research animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. Sounds like there can be a whole lot of drama surrounding the Willamette Week's attempts to report about this place. Here's an example.
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Malaysian Firm to Establish New Animal Testing Facility
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JULY 21, 2009
Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".
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MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty medical research. It's unconscionable.
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APRIL 10, 2009
Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research. I like this short opinion letter that gets right to the point.
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100 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.
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100 Vivisection is Up There with Waterboarding
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MAY 4, 2009
The author is the press officer for the Animal Liberation Press Office. Tags: animal experimentation animal research vivisection medical research. I say "yes" and it's time to pursue the alternatives. This is an excellent, excellent opinion piece.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Tags: animal research medical research. Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.
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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
The joint partnership between the European Commission and the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) is calling on scientists to develop proposals for studies into new non-animal testing methods before a February 2010 deadline. Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research.
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American Veterinary Medical Association Makes Despicable Decision
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JULY 11, 2009
Tags: breeders animal research veterinarians animal shelters medical research avma. Without a word, the House of Delegates scuttled the resolution during a voice vote. In June, the organization’s Executive Board sided against proposed revisions to the policy statement.
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100 New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer
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AUGUST 19, 2010
Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The contract expires next year and Richardson opposes a plan by the agency to transfer the chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where they are no longer used for medical testing. From the AP.
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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab
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JULY 5, 2010
One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. Best Friends Animal Society headquartered in Kanab, Utah, and Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, based in Middletown, N.Y., From ohmidog! a site for dog lovers.
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MARCH 26, 2009
Montcalm County has taken a step towards ending its relationship with an animal research facility. The county has a contract with R&R Research in Howard City to euthanize the county's unwanted animals. In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research.
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Unacceptable Trade in Primate Research Animals
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AUGUST 25, 2009
Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. They are considered an environmental pest because they are a non-native species that inflict ecological damage.but to deal with them this way is just unacceptable.
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100 Cutting Duplicative Research Could Save Millions
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Just read an August update from an ALDF lawyer about medical research. But would researchers be willing to share their results? Tags: animal research. I was struck by this paragraph. That's a lot of saved lives. Doubtful if it means endangering their potential patents.
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South Dakota Governor Wants Livestock Research Facility
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OCTOBER 31, 2010
This looks like its for farming of livestock, not medical research, but that's bad too. Research on animals is research on animals. Mike Rounds wants a biotech animal research facility built in South Dakota. Rounds says a biotech facility is important in creating disease-free animals.
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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?
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NOVEMBER 11, 2009
To enable this new approach to be developed, the European Commission and companies that are members of the EPAA are working hard to initiate novel methods of research and technology transfer that will reduce the need for animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research.
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100 Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments
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MAY 15, 2009
Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research.
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EU Establishes Website To Track Alternative Testing Methods
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MARCH 1, 2009
I'm frustrated and angry with the arrogant, holier-than-thou scientific community that claims "people come first" when it comes to animal testing, but "profit comes first" when it comes to actually caring for the public's health and providing them with affordable drugs. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.
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100 A Trip to an Animal Lab
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NOVEMBER 5, 2009
It reminded me of an adoption poster at the animal shelter. But when I got closer, I read, "Animal research opens minds." This adorable poster that draws you in to the sweet faces of these animals basically proclaims that it is a good thing to use their bodies for medical research, which almost always leads to pain and death.
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Uncovered Reports Show Three Research Labs Fined for Violations
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JUNE 20, 2009
Tags: university research animal research welfare violations medical research animal laboratories. .: A 2006 USDA inspection report faulted the school for withholding anesthesia from piglets and lambs during procedures without adequate scientific justification for doing so.
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