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JUNE 24, 2010

The veterinary services department launched a probe this month after animal rights campaigners accused the Progenix Research lab based in the northern state of Penang of cruelty to animals. The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing.

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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. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are calling attention to it.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

Not sure I agree with posting the researcher's photo. Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research. website, where she posted the researcher's address and a picture of his home.

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MARCH 14, 2010

President Obama promised to eliminate wasteful government spending; funding for animal research is one area that is overdue for reform. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Tags: animal research Obama. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. In our opinion, Air Canada is not legally obligated to accept monkeys as cargo," said the opinion written by Lawyers for Animal Welfare.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Animal rights activists stretched a 60-foot banner across the Hawthorne Bridge {Saturday} morning targeting the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU. In support of National Primate Liberation Week, the Portland Animal Defense League hung a banner that read "OHSU: Stop Killing Monkeys Now!"

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Here's a post on the Red, Green and Blue blog about the unspeakable trade in macaque monkeys as research subjects. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates medical research. If they think about what's going on and their role in it, then they might actually have to care.

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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. This story on HIV research is one example.

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MARCH 15, 2009

The warning cited three errors in veterinary care, including a serious 2007 incident where a pregnant monkey died when a researcher failed to notice she was having a troubled labor. The two other incidents involved a sponge being left in a monkey after surgery and a surgery performed on the wrong monkey.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

s vice president for research. Failed to provide minimal enrichment for animals -- companionship for monkeys, balls for pigs, paper towels for mice -- to reduce emotional stress. Tags: universities animal research utah undercover investigation PETA. It's a remarkably banal list of ordinary events in an animal-care facility."

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. No, for animal researchers the bigger fear from Le's murder than technicians like Clark is the public seeing the heaps of unsupervised government pork behind their Plexiglas curtain.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. So go read that for sure, and revel in the excellent graphics.

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MARCH 5, 2009

The video footage shows monkeys biting themselves and slamming against the bars of small cages. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees. Actually, it's more then allegations. They have video.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. "But Sounds like she watched a harsh video.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Johannesburg - A Bloemfontein man received a criminal record on Friday for a "backyard experiment" on a pregnant monkey, the NSPCA said. The NSPCA in November 2008 charged Jordaan for his "merciless treatment" of a heavily pregnant vervet monkey. She said the monkey's infant was removed by Caesarean section on October 31.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. NASA had planned to irradiate 30 live squirrel monkeys in a misguided attempt to learn the effects of deep-space radiation. Because of your hard work, these monkeys will not be irradiated or otherwise abused.

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APRIL 18, 2010

From someone who actually worked in such research. The controversy over primate research is not going away any time soon, due to the paradox of primate research -- the more similarities between monkeys and humans that are discovered, the more researchers will argue those similarities make it valid to use monkeys in research on human diseases.

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AUGUST 16, 2015

If you follow baseball, you’ve probably heard of the “ rally squirrel ” and the infamous “ rally monkey.” Researchers are planning to ask the American Ornithologists’ Union to make the split official.

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JUNE 21, 2019

I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission. The Philippine Eagle has a kind face.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Unfortunately, the CTA is requiring Air Canada to continue shipping primates to laboratories while it considers the issue. "We

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys. Tags: europe animal research mini-pigs pigs.

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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. Tags: animal research humane society primates. The worker.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish. This is not something I needed to tell you but there is some new research. From Science Daily : Crows have the brain power to solve higher-order, relational-matching tasks, and they can do so spontaneously, according to new research.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Tags: animal research primates NASA.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

PETA organized protests to stop these stupid radiation experiments on spider monkeys. Tags: animal research Stupid primates NASA. The purpose is to determine how astronauts would fare on the way to Mars. We can't even get out of Afghanistan and we're going to Mars. Give me an effing break.

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JULY 31, 2010

April Jean Evans was a NASA engineer, but resigned her position in protest over radiation experiments on monkeys. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates PETA NASA. That takes a lot of courage and conviction.

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MAY 8, 2010

Michelle Basso was a researcher at the University of Wisconsin who worked with primates. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act primates University of Wisconsin. She testified in favor of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Now, she's been suspended from working with animals.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Disturbing picture of monkey being injected. Tags: animal research malaysia. Caution on this story.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. The UW has been cited in the past for deficiencies in animal research, including allowing a monkey to starve in 2009. In 2008, it had to return $20,000 in federal research grant money after a finding that it had allowed unauthorized surgeries on primates.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time. Tags: puerto rico animal research primates. Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. Plus the fact that I personally know the Latin attitude towards animals. Plus, well, you get this picture.

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JULY 26, 2009

The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Tags: animal experimentation UK drug companies medical research biotech. Substantial numbers of animals are used to test the safety of new drugs before they are allowed to be used in human trials.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

This place is celebrating its 10th year with ground-breaking research into what makes us all fat. And let's not forget the required sanctimonious quote from an animal researcher “Our primates are essential partners in medical progress, as are mice, rats, guinea pigs and opossums. Tags: primates medical research. Oh brother.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Research done quite a while back suggests that this is adaptive. Researchers have been studying song learning in birds for some time. What’s more, the researchers found that juvenile birds pay more attention to this “baby talk” compared to other songs. You are certainly already familiar with this.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey.

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