A small animal used in labs, but a huge step for Animal Welfare Act enforcement WASHINGTON D.C.; ROCHESTER, Minnesota––Chinchillas are very small and soft, so small that you could hold one in the palm of your hand, so soft that they have been exploited for their fur for centuries, even though from 100 to 200 […]
Soon-to-retire NIH chief Francis Collins went both ways on lab animals
“We are not rats and we are not even other primates,” Collins said, but NIH is now using more of both WASHINGTON D.C.–– Francis S. Collins, who both de-emphasized animal research and presided over expanded animal research during his 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health [NIH], on October 5, 2021 disclosed […]
Project Chimps paints walls in lieu of giving chimps daily outdoor time
Paint job was not “whitewashing” because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors, not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic backdrops on bare concrete walls. Staff and volunteers at the Project […]
New approach to cat/dog contraception explained in simple terms
Gene transfer may confer lifelong sterility in one shot (but it can’t be done with a cookie) PORTLAND, Oregon––Could mice produce a miracle drug capable of preventing cat reproduction? If mice could do it unassisted, through normal evolution, you can bet your catnip they would have, long since. But mice assisted by a battalion of […]
The Body Shop to go “100% vegan” by 2023––but wasn’t it already?
Expanding the gulf between image and reality is what the cosmetics industry is all about LONDON, U.K.––Cosmetics and personal care industry media are abuzz with the June 1, 2021 announcement by The Body Shop that every product it offers will be 100% vegan by the end of 2023. Many consumers, on the other hand, […]
How zombies from hell ate animal protection, by Steve Hindi
“Zombie groups” raise funds & do little else [Video version is accessible at https://youtu.be/NleYZ6GAC8Y.] Hi folks. I’m Steve Hindi for SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness. My friends Beth and Merritt Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 on May 9, 2021 posted an article, Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice, that, if anyone […]
U.K. “animal sentience” law: “victory” claimed before the fight begins
Recognizing animal sentience is part of an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare” yet to be written into draft bills, let alone passed by Parliament LONDON, U.K.––A week-plus after the Conservative government of the United Kingdom introduced an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare,” much of the animal welfare sector worldwide has already declared “victory,” with the […]
Remembering Rory Young, Glenn Summerlin, & Helen Marston
Soldier, fundraiser, & campaigner: three animal advocates whose work & approaches could scarcely have differed more Rory Young, 49, founder of the anti-poaching organization Chengeta Wildlife, was killed on April 26, 2021, along with Spanish journalist David Beriáin, 44, and photographer Roberto Fraile, 47, in an ambush in Burkina Faso attributed to the jihadist militia […]
Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice
Harvard law student discovers animal lab inspections have been cut short since 2019 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts––The silence from a cage of dead monkeys could scarcely be more deafening. Three business days plus a weekend of apparent near-complete non-response from the animal advocacy community have elapsed since the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic […]
Five animal advocates of British accent remembered in passing
Two zookeepers, two activists, & a publisher Sharon Matola, Jeremy Mallinson, Brian Gunn, Brian Gunn-King, and Jon Wynne-Tyson were respectively two zookeepers dedicated to the conservation of endangered species, an anti-vivisection activist, a vegetarian activist of similar name, and a book publisher, of many overlapping associations. Matola and Mallinson, for instance, were both friends of […]
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