WHO publishes updated list of medically important antimicrobials
AVMA News
APRIL 19, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its updated list of medically important antimicrobials.
Delegates to vote on policies on humane transport, veterinary ethics
AVMA News
JUNE 14, 2024
The AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) will vote on accepting revised versions of a policy on the humane transport of livestock and the Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics (PVME) when the HOD holds it regular annual session June 20-21 in Austin, Texas.
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Research on aging a natural fit for One Health approach
AVMA News
JANUARY 3, 2024
With today’s technological advancements, researchers are calling for a concerted effort to gather big data on aging dogs to benefit not only veterinary care, but also to inform human medicine, as dogs and humans share similar medical conditions as they age
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FDA issues recall over potential burn risk with grounding pads
AVMA News
JANUARY 27, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine announced a recall of Megadyne grounding pads due to potential burn risk with veterinary use of the human medical devices.
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Rising from the rubble: Maui wildfire relief efforts continue
AVMA News
OCTOBER 2, 2023
That includes the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), which has given a $20,000 grant to the Maui Humane Society, a $10,000 grant to Greater Good Charities, and an $19,000 estate gift to the Hawaii VMA so that the organizations can help recover and treat animals in need.
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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?
Critter News
MARCH 10, 2009
The article discusses how scientists are infecting monkeys with a surrogate HIV virus that does not even lead to AIDS, begging the question of why infect them in first place if there's no real simulation of what happens in humans? Here's my response on medical research in general. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”
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Harvard Medical School Facility Accused of Improper Research Reporting
Critter News
OCTOBER 21, 2010
An Ohio-based animal rights organization has filed a complaint against Harvard Medical School, alleging that the school's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough did not properly report its experiments on animals. Harvard Medical School has not listed those primates as receiving unrelieved pain or distress, Budkie said.
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SRI Denies Access to the Humane Society
Critter News
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before. received a very minor injury to the finger, was treated onsite by emergency response personnel and then at a local medical facility," SRI said in a statement released Monday.
European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research
Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
The Commission had also proposed scaling back experiments on the 12,000 primates used each year, so they could only be used if the survival of their species was at stake or during an unexpected outbreak of life-threatening disease in humans. Tags: europe animal research medical research. Maybe you'll feel some guilt about it.
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Juniper, plagues, and waxwings – Arrowood Farm-Brewery: Waxwing Juniper Farmhouse Ale
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2020
Being generally more charming and attractive to us humans, birds aren’t generally included among these unwelcome hordes. In Europe, favorite foods of the waxwing include berries of the rowan and the hawthorn, which do see limited use in human cuisine and drink in products like teas, conserves, and country wines.
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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Newer devices have been further ‘tweaked’ to fit veterinary medical needs. Ilizarov would be thrilled to see how far his initial inventions have morphed into amazing medical works of art. With human patients, it’s easy – you put them in a hospital bed and tell them to ‘stay still.’
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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
While I'm not a fan of using animal hearts for transplants, I'm far more sympathetic to that than to simply using their parts for human vanity consumption. But the seal industry doesn't care. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.
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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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Northwestern University NOT Signing HSUS Pledge to Prevent Pain in Lab Animals
Critter News
JUNE 28, 2009
The Humane Society began a campaign in March 2008 to get 600 university presidents to sign a pledge to prevent severe pain and distress in animals used in research. Tags: university research animal experimentation humane society medical research animal resear. So far only 37 presidents have signed it.
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Smoking is (good) for the birds
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DECEMBER 18, 2012
I remember taking an advanced seminar in plant-animal interaction, in preparation for my own study of human-plant interactions. Some of our greatest human pleasures come from those toxins, and I’m not just talking about various narcotics, though there is always that. Insects ruled. One way to do that is to be toxic.
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185 Biomedical Foundation Launches Campaign to Show Animal Research is Grrrrrrreat!
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
Since 2004, public support for humane animal research to advance human and animal health has fallen 10 points. Tags: animal research corporate lies medical research biotech. The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced today it has launched a one-year national animal research education campaign.
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100 UK Records Increase in Animal Testing
Critter News
JULY 26, 2009
The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Substantial numbers of animals are used to test the safety of new drugs before they are allowed to be used in human trials.
Settlement Forces Animal Research Facilities to Disclose More
Critter News
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. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.
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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
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. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.
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100 Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR. One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples.
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Animal Researchers Promote Sob Stories
Critter News
OCTOBER 12, 2009
I don't believe they are working for human welfare. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. I posted on this blog about quitting because of the New Iberia scandal in Louisiana in which the Humane Society found primates being abused. I'm sorry, but I am not moved.
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JUNE 28, 2011
Julianne Hough helped kick off the voting campaign for America’s first ever “ Hero Dog Awards ” at the VA Medical Center-Manhattan, where she visited with patients with therapy dogs from The Good Dog Foundation, and put on an acoustic performance. Please visit the Hero Dog Awards and vote for your favorite therapy dog!
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Malaysian Firm to Establish New Animal Testing Facility
Critter News
JULY 21, 2009
But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.". Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it.
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Now I'm Really Annoyed
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
At CARE, Whyville citizens create habitats for animals, take on the role of an animal caregiver and discover how animal research generated cures and treatments for ailments impacting humans and animals. Talk about an unholy alliance.beef and medical research. Tags: animal research meat corporate lies medical research.
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Will Animal Research Ever End?
Critter News
JUNE 5, 2009
Some scientists say it could end in a generation if we pursue the creation of "virtual humans" and living cell banks as research replacements. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research science. I just don't understand why.
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Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2009
Americans For Medical Advancement (AFMA) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes biomedical research and the practice of medicine based on critical thinking and our current understanding of evolutionary and developmental biology, complex systems and genomics. I'll let them describe their positions in their own words.
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Question Everything.Including Scientists
Critter News
JULY 20, 2009
There is only one alternative to testing drugs on animals: testing them on humans. That's why I truly wish someone would explain to me to me why humans are so unique and of such higher value than anything else. Are there even more unique versions of humanity on their way? No one likes doing it. It's all effed up to me.
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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?
Critter News
OCTOBER 24, 2009
I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics mice medical research. In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression.
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100 Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2010
Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.
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Southwest Primate Center "Celebrates" 10 Years
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2009
Comuzzie, a nationally prominent obesity researcher and geneticist at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, recently induced metabolic syndrome — risk factors associated with the human epidemic of diabetes and heart disease — by making the baboons' high-fat diet tastier and adding a sweet drink flavored with high-fructose corn syrup.
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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1
Critter News
JUNE 12, 2010
But universities and scientists are not always there working for pure learning or the improvement of humanity. Many medical schools and teaching hospitals set up "technology transfer" offices to help in this activity and capitalize on faculty discoveries. There may be a business component there as well.
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Always Question a Scientist
Critter News
JULY 25, 2009
And those scientists are humans with the same motivations and agendas as any other human. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics medical research science. Science does not solve everything. Science itself is made of up of facts, but it is practiced and interpreted by scientists. Are those hands good or evil?
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When You Have to Make a Choice About Your Beliefs
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
I've decided to quit my book club, which I dearly love, because of a member who works in medical research and supports animal experimentation. These are core issues to me that are an integral part to who I am as a human being. This has been a very difficult decision for me, because I have such good friends in the group.
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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. Apparently, some bird photographers think that any human artifacts shown on a bird photo immediately spoil the whole photo. The poor bird’s Latin species name is macgrigoriae , apparently (HBW) named after Jane Grant McGrigor, the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Glad I did not have to watch these.
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5 Tips for Helping Pets in Crisis
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APRIL 16, 2010
Check with your local veterinarian, humane society or American Red Cross for classes. Complete directions are available through the American Veterinary Medical Association. If you notice signs of shock, seek medical attention for your pet immediately. Learn canine or feline CPR. Learn rescue breathing.
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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
I walked into an enormous dining area filled with rehabbers, and they were all eating lasagna and talking about the kind of animal medical issues that would send most people running from the room. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. I thought, “Finally!
Read an Analysis of Slate's Animal Research Series
Critter News
JUNE 9, 2009
By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans. I'm sure we could do a much better job of ensuring the humane treatment of our laboratory animals--but at this point it's very difficult even to start the discussion. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research.
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100 RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
68,315 people signed an online RSPCA petition stating "We, the undersigned, call on the British Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives.". Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research.
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100 Pet Foster Care Helps To Smooth Adoption Process
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 30, 2011
Fortunately, pet foster parents offer a solution to this issue by allowing pets the time to adjust to a home life with human companions before they find their forever home. Although the medical care is usually paid for, there will be a time commitment if you need to make several trips to a local veterinary clinic.
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100 Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2008
She supports medical research on animals. This woman, who I now mentally call "THE VIVISECTOR," defended medical research. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." She is a practicing Catholic. That's all fine, except for one thing.
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Rats Taking Over from Mice in Labs
Critter News
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Scientific advances over the last three years have now made it feasible to easily tinker with rat genes, creating the possibility of far better models of certain human diseases, and potentially shortening the time it takes to develop medications. While both rats and mice have similarities to humans, rats win out in key areas.
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H1N1 and your pets.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) are reminding pet owners monitor their pets’ health closely. The ASPCA recommends taking “steps to limit possible transmission from humans to pigs and vice versa.&# Potbelly and pygmy pigs are susceptible.
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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys
Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. Of what benefit is this to humanity in the here and now? Trips to Mars?
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Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 9, 2009
Responding to an anonymous tip about a neglected cat, the Humane Law Enforcement agents arrived at Stewart’s residence to find a seven-week-old, one-pound orange tabby with his whiskers cut off and a serious injury to his right front paw. “The It was determined that Stewart had failed to get medical attention for her cat.
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