Critter News

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. That's why he created rats and monkeys. Tags: animal research animal laboratories malaysia. From the AP.

Malaysia

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Those patterns hint at the ancient origins of human hilarity and suggest that other social species - including apes, dogs and rats - really, truly laugh as well. I personally think that a credible laughter concept can, and already has been, extended to mammalian species as lowly as the rat.". Tags: animal behavior primates.

Apes

Critter News

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.

Netherlands

Critter News

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Sadly, though, some 200,000 hamsters were used for research in the United States in 2000, third behind rats and mice. Tags: hamsters. Now, one million hamsters are kept as pets, an increase of 41 percent since 2001. This includes the two sitting on the shelf in our house!)

Hamsters

Critter News

JULY 18, 2010

All companion animals including dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, and lizards would be considered as pets. Tags: california san francisco legislation pets. Pet sales would be banned altogether, except for the sale of pet fish. Sounds good, but I just don't believe this will pass.

San Francisco

Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey. Tags: huntingdon animal enterprise protection act. The activists posted the home addresses of Huntingdon officials and contractors on the group's Web site, and harassment, vandalism and violence sometimes followed.

Guinea Pigs

Critter News

OCTOBER 24, 2009

However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to. this study was mainly about the effect of high doses of a chemical called phthalates on the number of rats born with undescended testicles, it is premature to report that stress has a part to play in reducing fertility in men.

Mice

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. by Scott Weidensaul. Norton, Pan Macmilan (U.K.).

Cyprus

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

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. Without them we would be stripped of the very tools we need to open new paths of discovery and to challenge old dogma.”

Primates

Critter News

AUGUST 10, 2009

It's so much cheaper to buy, use and dispose of a bunch of voiceless chimpanzees and thousands of rats than to invest in alternative R&D. Tags: animal experimentation UK animal research pharmaceuticals medical research. Here's an opinion piece in the Guardian that is another good refutation of pro-animal research arguments.

Animal Research

Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each year, mostly mice and rats. Tags: europe animal research medical research. Oh, but if you actually FEEL something, you might actually THINK about what you are doing.

Medical Research

Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Especially when that group doesn't appear to want us to stop using animals.

Animal Advocacy

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 1, 2009

Our animals range from a small pet rat to miniature horses. Tags: guest post people helping animals. Our group started as 1 individual (Gayle Igarashi) hoping to make a difference in the lives of the elderly and has prospered from there. We now have animals certified on all 4 major islands of Hawaii and are trying to do more.

Hawaii

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Pavonine Quetzal ( Pharomachrus pavoninus ) Tags: ecuador , quetzal • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! After getting his engineering degree from the University of Minnesota he worked in the Standard-American-Rat-Race-Company for fifteen years.

Ecuador

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Homemakers employ deadly rat traps and poisons to rid their dwellings of vermin. In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research.

Michael Vick

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Before you answer, here are some details to inform your decision: The first "knockout animals" were laboratory rats, whose anterior cingulate cortex have been damaged/blocked so that though they might still feel pain, they do not find it unpleasant. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. That action is to opt out and go vegan.

Factory Farm

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. Scientists mapped out the entire mouse genome in 2002 and the rat genome in 2004.)

Animal Welfare

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

You may remember that our dear little rat Yoshi crossed the rainbow bridge in February, so getting a fun portrait of her means so much to us! Tags: reviews. Recently, we got a pet portrait from Little Tank. We could not ask for more. Visit Little Tank to see a lot of other fun examples of pet portraits! They paint all kinds of pets!

Pets

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” Tags: spay and neuter quantico military feral cats. They’re a big impact on wildlife. That’s why I’m concerned,” Frizzell said. ‘‘The Whiskers" or "Frisky?"

Feral Cats