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N.Y. judge starts habeas corpus procedure for two lab chimps

April 21, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Show cause” order issued on behalf of Hercules & Leo NEW YORK, N.Y.–– Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe late on April 20, 2015 ordered Stony Brook University to show cause why two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, should not be released under a writ of habeas corpus from confinement for biomedical research. “Under the law […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Barbara Jaffe, Martin Balluch, Merritt Clifton, personhood, Steven Wise

Forced abortions raise alarm over Florida lab monkey breeders

April 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Not In My Back Yard” dispute becomes national debate LaBELLE, Florida––A long-running “Not In My Back Yard” dispute over the location of a breeding facility in Hendry County, Florida that supplies monkeys to laboratories has exploded into a nationally visible debate over how monkeys are used in labs. Which is what many of the opponents […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Top, Lab animals, Science, USA Tagged With: ALDF, Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, BioCulture, David Roebuck, Hendry County, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Matt Dougherty, Mazor Farm, Primate Products, Primera

CDC safety scandals & the legacy of former star scientist Charles Rupprecht

March 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Leadership commitment toward safety has been inconsistent and insufficient at multiple levels” ATLANTA––The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention during the third week of March 2015 quietly posted a highly critical report of itself by an outside panel of biosecurity and safety experts. The CDC at the same time issued a public statement accepting […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Feral animals, Feral cats, Lab animals, Rabies, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Security, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control, Charles Rupprecht, Marc Selenger, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Tom Friedan, Vox Felina

Anti-Vaxxers and the pit bull advocacy movement

February 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Barbara Kay & Merritt Clifton Reasonable people tend to overestimate the role that reason plays in history and in their own culture, and also tend to overestimate the power reason has to combat the theories, belief systems and emotions that drive people to action––or inaction ––much of the time. Unreasonable theories, belief systems and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Opinion, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: anti-vaccination, Barbara Kay, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls

PETA claims win against cat studies at UW-Madison, but maternal deprivation experiments continue

January 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Long-festering issue helped to spark the rise of the animal rights movement MADISON, Wisconsin––People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on January 23, 2015 declared victory in a long-running campaign against cat experiments at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. That returns the focus of protest against animal research at UW-Madison to the resumption of […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Research & testing, Science Tagged With: Deborah Blum, Harry Harlow, PETA, Rick Bogle, Tom Yin, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Theo Colborn, 87, identified chemical effects on animal & human health

December 16, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

by Elizabeth Grossman Theo Colborn, 87, died on December 14, 2014. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Theodora Emily Decker Colborn was a life-long bird-watcher who began her fascination with the natural world early.   I spent several days interviewing her in December 2013 at her home in Paonia,  Colorado.   As we talked on a sub-zero morning,  with huge […]

Filed Under: Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Obituaries (human), Other animals & science topics, Regulation, Science, Wildlife Tagged With: Elizabeth Grossman, endocrine disrupters, Theo Colborn

Igor, 58, ex-laboratory gibbon

October 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Igor, 58, a male gibbon who had resided at the International Primate Protection League sanctuary in Summerville, South Carolina since 1987, was euthanized on October 13, 2014, three days after suffering a stroke that left his right side paralyzed and not responding to treatment. “Igor could not swing or climb,” IPPL founder Shirley McGreal told […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Sanctuaries, Science, USA Tagged With: Beanie, Igor, IPPL, Jan Moor-Jankowski, LEMSIP, Shirley McGreal

Florida lab investigated for neglect that killed a monkey

October 9, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Water was withheld from monkeys overnight             TAMPA,  PORTLAND,  ST. LOUIS––The University of South Florida police department has reportedly opened an investigation into whether criminal acts were committed when water was withheld from monkeys overnight in April 2013 and three times in December 2013. “At least one primate died, and […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Lab animals, Other species, Science Tagged With: Michael Budke, SAEN, University of South Florida

NIH discontinues funding studies on “random source” dogs

October 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Quit funding random source cat studies in 2012 WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Institutes of Health on October 1, 2014 discontinued funding experiments using dogs obtained from “random sources,” meaning pounds, other animal shelters, and bunchers commonly called “Class B dealers.” The NIH cessation of funding for research “is in response to a 2009 National Academy of […]

Filed Under: Dogs & cats lab animals, Lab animals, Regulation, Science Tagged With: Ann Cottrell Free, Christine Stevens, Helen Jones, NIH, pound seizure

Field Mortalities in Wildlife Research: It’s Time for a Conversation

August 13, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Preface by Merritt Clifton Jon Geller, DVM, whose guest column “Field Mortalities in Wildlife Research: It’s Time for a Conversation” appears below, is scarcely the first to call into question the ethics of wildlife captures for research purposes. While Geller’s critique focuses on capture techniques, why animals are captured and what happens to them afterward […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Other animals & science topics, Science, Wildlife Tagged With: Gordon Haber, Jon Geller, Merritt Clifton

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