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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

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Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% Tags: animal research Netherlands. From the DutchNews.nl. increase on 2008, government inspectors said on Friday. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research.

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Are Published Animal Studies Skewed?

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Here's an article in Nature about how many animal studies with negative or inconclusive results go unpublished. It raises the question of how useful animal research really is if we only see the studies that show relevant results. What about the ones that are negative because animals are not really representative of human biology?

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Oh those dramatic animals!

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Oh those dramatic animals! originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 4, 2009. Tags: animal funnies cute video. First up, the original “Dramatic Chipmunk&#. Second, the Geico Gecko’s take, a “Dramatic Gecko&#. Is your pet dramatic?

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Are Females More Prone to Animal Hoarding?

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It claims that one reason women may hoard animals more often is because we’re biologically hardwired to take care of things. There's a whole slew of articles out there in relation to hoarding in tangent with the new Animal Planet series about the problem. Tags: Animal Planet hoarding. It makes sense to me.

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What's the Difference Between Animal Welfare and Animal Rights?

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Tags: animal rights animal welfare. Here's one perspective. See if you can figure out when the author starts talking about PETA. She doesn't mention it by name, but who else could it be?).

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Colorado State Cited for Animal Research Violations

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The animal research supporter I know says "we can do a better job of treating lab animals." Tags: animal research colorado state university. Another university cited.

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Sign ALDF Petition to Help Kentucky's Homeless Animals

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Sounds like it's hell for these animals in Kentucky shelters. According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, things are not going well. Tags: animal shelter management animal shelters Kentucky strays. The State used to provide oversight, but in 2004, they abrogated responsibility to the counties.