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Canada discourages lab animal use, but U.K. evades animal testing ban

June 20, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Alternatives, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, The Americas, United Kingdom Tagged With: Animal Justice, Cruelty Free International, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Thew, Suella Braverman

What Charles River Laboratories has in common with Al Capone

June 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Canada, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Southeast Asia, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Action for Primates, Anthony L. Delgado, Beth Clifton, Charles River Laboratories, Christopher Nardi, Merritt Clifton, Nedim Buyukmihci, PETA, Vanny Bio Research

Charles River Labs sending bootlegged macaques back to traffickers

March 16, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals & Born Free USA sanctuary offer snubbed HOUSTON, Texas––If 1,000 juvenile long-tailed macaques held in Houston at this writing by Charles River Laboratories had the rights of humans,  they would either be returned to their homes in the wild in Cambodia or be granted asylum as refugees. If […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Born Free USA, Kathy Guillermo, Lou Griffin, Merritt Clifton, PETA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Conservatism, the religious right, & the evolution of anti-vivisectionism

January 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

The right & left hands of anti-vivisectionism have rarely known what each other were doing Included in the recent ANIMALS 24-7 article What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. was a mention that during King’s lifetime,  1929-1968,  “Anti-vivisection activism had become co-opted by the radical right and was seemingly intertwined […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Caroline Earle White, Charles Darwin, Christine Stevens, Cleveland Amory, Louis Pasteur, Rene Descartes

Lab animal supplier Inotiv allegedly sold smuggled monkeys

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Company hits trifecta:  alleged monkey-trafficking,  mass neglect of beagles,  & accused of stock fraud MIAMI,  Florida––It isn’t easy to get caught in the middle of the biggest monkey-smuggling case associated with biomedical research,  the biggest beagle neglect case in the history of vivisection,  and the alleged biggest pump-and-dump stock-selling scandal to hit biomedical research investors,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Regulation, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: David Grimm, Envigo, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Omaliss Keo, Shirley McGreal, Steve Hindi

Beagle breeder Envigo shortchanged shareholders too, lawsuit alleges

July 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wolf of law firm files class action against alleged “pump-&-dump” scheme CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Even as animal advocates celebrate the ongoing rescue of beagles from the soon-to-be-closed Envigo breeding kennels in Cumberland, Virginia,  and the decision of Air France to get out of the monkey transport business,  the most influential blow to animal use in biomedical research […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Regulation, Science, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Air France, Covance, Huntington, Inotiv, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wolf Haldenstein

4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use by judge’s order

July 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Stop Animal Exploitation Now,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  PETA,  National Geographic, & Humane Society of the U.S. all assist in bringing beagles to freedom and breeder to justice RICHMOND, Virginia––Running out of patience with the laboratory animal supply company Envigo,  U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon late on July 1,  2022 ordered Envigo […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Humane Society of the U.S., Judge Norman Moon, Merritt Clifton, National Geographic, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Stop Animal Exploitation Now

USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!

June 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Come on,  animal advocates,  let’s move fast!  Your big chance has come at last!  Want a chance to have your say?  Tell it to the USDA!”             WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is,  until the end of July 2022,  offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live transport, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, Spectacles, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act, Beth Clifton, BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton

Why the USDA cannot effectively enforce the Animal Welfare Act

May 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service was designed to fail             WASHINGTON D.C.–– Responsible for federal Animal Welfare Act enforcement,  such as it is,  the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA-APHIS] on May 20,  2022 got a public butt-kicking from National Geographic writer Rachel Fobar. The […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Horse & livestock shows, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other animals & science topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Uncategorized, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Earl Butz, Envigo, James R. Ebbitt, Joan Arnoldi, Kevin Shea, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Fobar, Tim McVeigh

Drug money crushes Swiss proposed ban on animal use in laboratories

February 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pharmaceutical industry tries to drive stake through the heart of the ghost of Hans Ruesch             ZURICH,  Switzerland––Voters in Switzerland on February 13,  2022 crushed a proposed national ban on biomedical research using either animal or human subjects by a margin of 21% for,  79% against. Switzerland has some of the strongest animal protection laws […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Central Europe, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Humane history, Lab animals, Mediterranean, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland Tagged With: Abbott, Bayer, Hans Ruesch, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lonza Group, Merritt Clifton, Novartis, Renato Werndli

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