Mahoney moved more than 200 chimps & monkeys to sanctuaries ahead of scheduled transfer to other labs James Mahoney, DVM, 77, “passed away on September 6, 2017 as a result of complications of Lyme disease,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal announced on September 20. Remembered as the “Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” after […]
Hurricane Harvey: how horses, cattle, lab & zoo animals fared
Many still need help HOUSTON, Texas––How have horses, cattle, and animals kept in laboratories and zoos fared through Hurricane Harvey and aftermath? Soggy doggies and cats took the media spotlight during the first week of the Harvey crisis, but animals of every species shared the impact of the record deluge. (See also Hurricane Harvey: who is […]
Hurricane Harvey: who is doing what for animals?
Forty days & 40 nights of high water expected (See also Tropical Storm Harvey: helping animals caught in harm’s way; Brian Davies puts $49,562 toward Harvey animal rescue, challenges others to match it; and Which Hurricane Harvey animal relief charity took the Labor Day weekend off?) HOUSTON, Texas––Will torrential rains from Hurricane-turned-tropical –storm Harvey continue to batter […]
Hunting, controlled burns & brain rot
Prescribed cure may accelerate the spread of a deadly disease If a contagious and deadly brain rot spread by deer and elk threatens people who eat venison, can controlled burns that boost deer, elk and moose populations slow the spread of the illness? The controlled burn prescription, advanced by Colorado State University immunologist Mark […]
Fewer dogs & cats used in U.S. labs than ever before
Guinea pig, hamster, & rabbit numbers also low, but monkey use was up. Mice & rats? Who knows? WASHINGTON, D.C.––Are U.S. laboratories using more animals than ever before, or fewer, at least of most species? Laboratory animal use data from 2016 released on June 9, 2017 shows record reported lows in use of dogs, […]
SAEN asks USDA to close lab that paid near-record fine
Repeated Animal Welfare Act violations found in follow-up inspection EVERETT, Washington––Citing repeated and continuing alleged violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act by the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories’ facility in Everett, Washington, Stop Animal Exploitation on June 19, 2017 asked USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service western regional director Robert Gibbens to terminate […]
“Change laws in legislature” say courts in chimp & elephant rulings
Attempts to stretch precedents are unanimously rejected in both New York & California appellate courts NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.; LOS ANGELES, California––The Appellate Division Court of Manhattan on June 8, 2017 ruled 5-0 against the latest attempt of many by Nonhuman Rights Project attorney Steven Wise to have chimpanzees recognized as legal persons, with […]
The Six Million Dollar Chimps
Will $6 million be enough to provide lifetime care to as many as 66 chimps abandoned in Liberia by the New York Blood Center? NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON D.C.––Response from animal advocates was mixed after Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle on May 30, 2017 announced a $6 million commitment from the […]
Why is animal use in labs up, even as public moral approval is down?
Anti-vivisection organizations claim victory while running on old momentum WASHINGTON D.C.–– Fewer Americans than ever before––just 51%, barely more than half––believe biomedical research on animals is ethically acceptable, according to 2017 Gallup polling data. Paradoxically, total use of animals in experiments appears to have soared to an all-time high, according to research funded by People […]
“Ethnic cleansing” kills 57 Japanese snow monkeys
Eugenics in the monkey house CHIBA, Japan––The Takagoyama Nature Zoo in Chiba, capital of Chiba prefecture, Japan “has culled 57 native snow monkeys by lethal injection after finding that they carried genes of an ‘invasive alien species,’” zoo officials admitted to Agence France Press, BBC News, Japan Times and other media on February 21, […]