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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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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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JULY 26, 2009

experiments were performed on animals last year, a rise of 454,000 or 14% on the previous year, the Home Office said. The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures.

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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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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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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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APRIL 16, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty exper new iberia research center primates medical research. Officials claim to be taking steps to correct certain problems. This web page also has a video with a tour of the facility, conducted by center staff.

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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.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.

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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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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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OCTOBER 12, 2009

But as far as they are concerned, I am still an animal rights terrorist for the mere fact that I disagree with them. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. All of this BS by medical researchers must be challenged. I'm sorry, but I am not moved.

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JUNE 7, 2009

Read it and tell me that the end, or even the simple limitation, of animal research is nothing more than "darn government regulators! They just want to take away our rights to research!" Animal research proponents are starting to sound like the NRA nuts in the US.

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JUNE 4, 2009

"The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A. If this system is not overhauled, the next meltdown will be in research laboratories.". Budkie, SAEN executive director. "If

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MARCH 26, 2009

In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. The animal shelter committee voted to end the contract, but it goes before the County commissioners in April. Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

If we can't outlaw the practice, perhaps researchers will become more transparent. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. Then we can finally stop the horrific abuses that they perpetrate within their windowless ivory towers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

They want us to keep on funneling billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to the drug companies, the research universities and the suppliers of the animals and the animal testing equipment. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research. How stupid do they think we are?

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APRIL 4, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research 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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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

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. Tags: animal experimentation mice Guinea Pigs medical research biotech. It was a jarring moment.

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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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JULY 6, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research. The two parties settled in a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group four years ago after the group were unable to obtain information they requested.

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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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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

ResearchSaves is designed to correct any misconceptions people might have about biomedical research and to simply explain that animal research is sound, humane, and necessary to save lives," said Frankie Trull, president of FBR. Tags: animal research corporate lies medical research biotech.

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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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APRIL 4, 2009

Even if you become 100 percent vegan, how much of the drugs you take, the makeup you wear and the cleaning products you use have been tested on an animal? Tags: animal experimentation medical research. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize. We need to be versatile and advocate on multiple fronts.

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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

[The conference] began on the 30th of August and runs until the 3rd of September, two members of the RSPCA’s Research Animals Department are attending the event together with worldwide representatives of NGOs, industry and science as well as authorities and decision-makers.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Isn't it ironic how these animals show their clear intelligence by learning how to open a door at the same time their fellow species members are being sacrificed to science? Tags: animal experimentation primates medical research oregon.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Here's an opinion piece in the Guardian that is another good refutation of pro-animal research arguments. The author also accuses Understanding Animal Research of being a UK front group for the pharmaceutical industry.

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MAY 15, 2009

My personal philosophy is that millions of animals shouldn't suffer on anyone's behalf, especially when they do so against their will. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research.

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JULY 12, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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JULY 19, 2009

From Alternet.org.all CAPS are my emphasis Under the law, an animal enterprise includes any business that deals in animal research or uses or sells animal products. This could be read as anything from a lab conducting medical research on monkeys to a gas station that sells beef jerky.

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MAY 24, 2009

Tags: animal experimentation AETA 4. These activities are protected by the First Amendment. I have to say, this is pretty lame. Blowing things up or burning down buildings is one thing, but writing things on the sidewalk?

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics mice medical research. Sounds like they did it because they could and who cares if you destroy a few carcasses for the hell of it.

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JUNE 9, 2009

I don't agree that lack of discussion is due to "animal terrorism" though. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research. As in any field, it's due to established hierarchy, conventional wisdom, and fear of rocking the boat.

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JULY 20, 2009

Why are rapists and pedophiles given dignity and respect when animals, who are innocent, denied the same? Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical ethics medical research. It's all effed up to me. But at least I'm following bluegenes' advice and questioning everything.

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