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JUNE 7, 2010

I'm updating this rant from a few years ago regarding why I question animal testing. I get frustrated when people accept a scientist's opinion in support of animal testing simply because that person is a scientist. Do they work for a drug company that tests on animals? Tags: animal experimentation animal research.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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. Tags: animal research Netherlands. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU. Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Tags: europe apes.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

It's too controversial because the baboons involved would have to be destroyed after the testing. The testing of lethal pathogens on primates would be a new area for OSU that is controversial and is outside our current research programs. Tags: university research animal research primates. From Bioprepwatch.com.

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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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MARCH 1, 2009

The EU is so far ahead of the US when it comes to developing alternative testing methods, it's embarrassing. It has gone so far as to establish a website for tracking the development of methods to replace, reduce, and refine current animal testing in EU nations. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

10K Birds is Top Ten About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Tags: Asides , tsunami • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Here's an article on its progress from US News and World Report. Tags: animal research cosmetics. It's proceeding at a snail's pace. There is NO EXCUSE or even argument for hurting animals in the name of a woman's vanity.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Slimbridge Wetland Centre (c) Mike Fuller @Riverhead, NY (c) Joe Kelly Magnificent Muscovy (c) Karen Davis Tags: ducks , features , manky , muscovy • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Many thanks to Jason Kopp for the photos above taken during last year’s courses held at Explorer’s Inn Tags: banding , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America.Or

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research. Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

From Cordis News. At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research. What gives?

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MARCH 11, 2011

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JULY 11, 2009

From Veterinary News. 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.

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MARCH 8, 2011

I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. I blame Charlie Sheen. What is even more terrifying is that the link takes you to Cracked. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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MARCH 12, 2011

These Blasts From The Past New Bird Blog What’s In a Scientific Name? Say Hello to the Recurve-billed Bushbird Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline Birds of the Solstice: December 2008 About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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MARCH 16, 2011

These Blasts From The Past There’s an Ivory Gull in Massachusetts… David Sibley on the Jones Beach Shrike Bicknell’s Thrush I’ve Just Been Informed From Pavement to Gravel About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: animal research medical research. Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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

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APRIL 18, 2010

Tags: animal research primates. 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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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

With the latest news of finding the virus in a cat, here is an update about the H1N1 virus and how it affects your pets. Although it was previously believed that cats were also safe, a cat in Iowa has now tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Tags: pet care. Dogs are safe. Cats should be monitored.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past I and the Bird #15 I and the Bird #108 I and the Bird #33 I and the Bird #91 I and the Bird #13 About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Get yours today!

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MAY 22, 2009

Tags: ethics animal rights us. Disappointing results from Gallup's annual "moral acceptability" measure. The article also shows results on non-animal issues as well. Not surprisingly, Republicans tend to take more conservative stances than Democrats.

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JULY 21, 2009

Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. The stupid project is in partnership with a French pharmaceutical company. 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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past The New ABA President is… IATB Deadline If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News… Have You Seen Save the Reagan Owl About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Tags: animal research biotech arizona. Supposedly people either 1) believe the State has no place overseeing labs (USDA does that) and 2) bioscience is already very well-regulated. This is all about making the stupid state friendly to the biotech industry. They get a huge tax break?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Pine Grosbeaks Un-Irrupting About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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MARCH 15, 2011

These Blasts From The Past American Seabirds Thrown a Lifeline Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere Breeding Site of Large-billed Reed-Warbler Found Queens Christmas Bird Count IATB #137 Deadline About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Tags: animal experimentation animal research.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Circus of the Spineless #30 I Agree Wholeheartedly with the Sparrow Cala Boca Galvão About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Just saying. The deadline is Friday, March 18.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 25, 2009

Add in the cost of proper care for dogs (and other lab animals), as well as the public pereption about animal testing, and it’s unlikely that many more puppies like Ruppy will be created. Tags: news. To read more about Ruppy and how the project came to pass, as well as see photos of the puppy glowing, visit this article.

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JANUARY 11, 2009

Tags: animal research. The goal of AFMA, therefore, is to educate the scientific community, as well as the general public, of the urgent need for a move away from the ineffective animal model to research modalities that truly reflect the enormous strides we have made in our knowledge of living systems.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2009

In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks. Tags: animal experimentation NASA. I believe that money to explore space can go to help an impoverished nation.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past I and the Bird #128 I and the Bird #138 I and the Bird #39 I and the Bird #42 I and the Bird #96 About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Get yours today!

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MARCH 23, 2010

Tags: UK animal research. According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection. Discouraging article.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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