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American Veterinary Medical Association Makes Despicable Decision

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An AVMA resolution was quietly killed this afternoon that would have revised its policy on use of random-source dogs and cats for research, testing and education. Tags: breeders animal research veterinarians animal shelters medical research avma. From Veterinary News.

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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?

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Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. Tags: animal experimentation medical research monkeys. He said he didn’t know what his opinion was because he didn’t know all the facts. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.” It’s just a question of WILL.

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Those Freakin’ Flat Flies

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Because whenever I encounter one of these insects I’m either trying to avoid it or kill it, not take a picture of it, and this was the only uncopywrited photo I could find. Why am I posting a photo of a hippoboscid on a Red-tailed Tropicbird, a bird I’ve never rehabbed? It’s not good. How could things be worse? I’ll tell you how.

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Vast Majority of Medical Schools Do NOT Use Animals To Teach Surgery

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Only three accredited medical schools in the whole country use animals to teach surgery. Pippin told me there's a good reason all the other 150-plus medical schools in the country don't use animals in surgical education: There are better ways to teach surgery. Surgical simulators and supervised operating room experience work just fine.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. .” Ted not only did not call on anyone to poison cats but he pointed out that Tylenol is not registered for use in killing cats. Pretty standard. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples.

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Animal Lab Tech Arrested in Yale Killing

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Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

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In order to minimize handling, any sort of medical treatment needed is done then, as well. You open the door and they either freak and flail, which could lead to self-injury; or they freak and try to kill you, which could lead to rehabber injury. “I When birds are down and out, this is not a problem. Others, not so much.