White Coat Waste Project says National Center for Toxicological Research ended monkey studies, but FDA indicates they might resume “in the future based on agency needs” JEFFERSON, Arkansas––The White Coat Waste Project on both August 30 and September 18, 2023 declared victory in shutting down nicotine addiction experiments at the National Center for Toxicological Research […]
Sri Lanka animal advocates fight to stop corrupted “animal welfare” bill
Exempts anything done in the names of food production, science, & culture 22-year-old fracas over Depo Provera injections in street dogs lurks in the background COLOMBO, Sri Lanka––Sri Lanka may be the only nation in the world, and perhaps the only nation ever, in which almost every indigenous animal advocacy organization appears to be frantically, […]
Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.
Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans, concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,” opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]
Happy ending for chimp, horror for hoarding victims, & a trove of bones
Institutions hoard from much the same motives as individuals Mephistopheles, the devil himself of innumerable literary renditions of the Dr. Faust legend, might have devised the psychological plot weaving together the animal-related feel-good story of the month in June 2023, the animal-related feel-bad story of the month, and possibly the biggest skeletons-in-the-closet story to rattle […]
Canada discourages lab animal use, but U.K. evades animal testing ban
U.S. state of Maryland to fund development of alternatives OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––Receiving the final formality of Royal Assent on June 13, 2023, Canadian Bill S-5, the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, contains very little specific mention of animals. Yet S-5 may do more to reduce animal suffering than any Canadian legislation […]
No, the wait for a single-shot chemosterilant for cats has not ended
Neither has the wait for Godot CINCINNATI, Ohio––Cat rescuers and cat haters alike are jumping up and down excited over reports amplified by The Atlantic, Science, The New York Times, CNN, SciTechDaily, Science News and the Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs that a single-injection chemosterilant for female cats may be at hand. As usual, […]
What Charles River Laboratories has in common with Al Capone
Monkey business, secret labs, & the French Canadian connection MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada––The liquid monkey business flowing across the 3,987-mile U.S./Canadian border these days is literally about liquid monkey parts: blood, guts, spinal fluid, and other internal organs pureed in a blender for use in biomedical research. A century ago, from the introduction of Prohibition with […]
It isn’t cocaine-addicted rats exhibiting addictive pathology at NIH
Why was University of South Carolina researcher given $824,000 over four years to prove that rats can get hooked? COLUMBIA, South Carolina––“This is the kind of thing that gives people like me nightmares,” Stop Animal Exploitation Now executive director Michael Budkie told media. Budkie was discussing recent rodent experiments at the University of South […]
“Stop torturing baby monkeys!” Harvard Animal Law Clinic tells Harvard Med
Maternal deprivation experiments by neurobiologist Margaret S. Livingstone evoke nightmares of Harry Harlow CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts––Multi-millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health funding allocated to Harvard Medical School maternal deprivation researcher Margaret S. Livingstone were on February 8, 2023 challenged by more than 380 scientists, medical doctors, and other academic researchers rallied behind Harvard […]
Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?
1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]