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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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In April 2014, a 4-year-old boy in the Bronx, New York, died after eating rat poison. An owl who eats a rat poisoned by a farmer or a pest-control company will die the same death as one poisoned by a homeowner. There are no tests to diagnose it, either. Banner photo by Dave Harper; second by Suzie Gilbert; third by RATS.

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Malaysian Official Says God Made Animals for Testing

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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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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

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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. Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% increase on 2008, government inspectors said on Friday.

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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

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Getting rid of rabbits and goats was something that had been done for many years, but it was generally thought that rats and cats would be impossible to remove from all but the smallest islands. Hit the rats hard and quick in a single hit. But while obvious this was also a much harder proposition. Image by Glen Fergus.

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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. car companies used live animals, including pigs, for crash tests until the early 1990s. car companies used live animals, including pigs, for crash tests until the early 1990s.

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Barred Owl

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I had just come from a Rat Snake in a tree and was prepared to allow just enough space in my hopes for another reptile, but thoughts of owls quickly crowded it out again. As I inched up the slope on by backside I wondered, should I test my fortune any further by trying to get a photo, or should I high-tail it to the lottery shop?

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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?

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In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression. However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to. I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. They used different lighting situations to see how they affect mice moods.

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