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Thumbing nose at lawsuits, USDA-APHIS hides more info

March 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Deletes documents posted in response to Freedom of Information Act requests WASHINGTON D.C.––Hit with a second lawsuit,  draft legislation,  and letters from 119 members of Congress demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore web sites including Animal Welfare Act enforcement information,  the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service has instead thumbed its collective […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Food, Food security, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Live transport, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Carole and Howard Baskin, Delcianna Winders, Lee & Mike McGartland, Michael Budkie, Natalie Lima, Russ Kick, Russ Rector

USDA-APHIS reposts less than 1% of deleted law enforcement info

February 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

More activists & animal charities sue          WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on February 17,  2017 reposted some of the inspection reports on animal research facilities that it deleted from the USDA-APHIS web site two weeks earlier,  on February 3,  2014,  but not enough to quell protest or […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, USA, Welfare, Zoos Tagged With: David Klepper, Delcianna Winders, Melissa Chan, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Russ Kick, Wayne Pacelle

Lawyers line up to sue USDA-APHIS over law enforcement info deletions

February 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS is first to file notice          WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. appears to have been the first organization to file notice of a legal challenge to the February 3,  2017 purge of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service law enforcement data from the USDA-APHIS web site. USDA-APHIS deleted without prior warning […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chimps & other primates, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Other species, Regulation, Science, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Forrest Lucas, Kimberly D. Ockene, Laura J. Fox, Merritt Clifton, Tom Vilsack, Wayne Pacelle

Near-record fine too light for SNBL labs, say SAEN, AWI, & PETA

December 10, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories rapped for deaths of 38 macaques,  among other Animal Welfare Act violations          EVERETT,  Washington––Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN),  the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI),  and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have all denounced as too light the near-record $185,000 fine and other penalties issued against the Japanese-owned company […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Cathy Liss, Craig Malisow, Kathy Guillermo, Merritt Clifton

NOAA suspends satellite-tagging orcas after death of whale L95

November 9, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  could Homer Simpson retrain as a marine mammologist?          FRIDAY HARBOR,  Washington––Suspending all permits to satellite-tag orca whales,  effective at the beginning of October 2016,  the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration acknowledged the death of the endangered young male orca L95,  also called Nigel,  with a profusion of crocodile tears and a pledge to […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Regulation, Science, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrew Derocher, Brad Hanson, Ken Balcomb, Merritt Clifton, Nikita Ovsyanikov, Susan Adie

What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals

July 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part IV of a five-part series.   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan,”  Farmed animals & money talks,  and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON,  U.K.––Among the signal achievements for animal welfare during the 43 years that the United Kingdom has been […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Behavior & health, Cats, Chimps & other primates, China, Culture & Animals, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Rabies, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Adrian Burder, Clarissa Baldwin, Helmut Dungler, Julia Lewis, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Thew, National Canine Defence League

Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?

July 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a five-part series.   See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks.   Part IV:  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V:  Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.          LONDON,  U.K.––Will the June 23,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Animal Concern, David Bowles, Helmut Dungler, Janice Cox, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, RSPCA, Shirley McGreal, Vier Pfoten, Wim de Kok

SAEN got their goats: Santa Cruz Biotech put out of animal lab work

May 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

USDA-APHIS case settlement comes after Santa Cruz Biotech was caught allegedly hiding goats from inspection SANTA CRUZ,  California––Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc.,  a major producer of antibodies,  was on May 19,  2016 fined $3.5 million and appears to have agreed to abandon working with live animals. Santa Cruz Biotech was in 2012 notoriously caught allegedly trying […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cloning & xenografts, Feature Home Middle Right, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Sheep & goats, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Jeremy Beckham, Merritt Clifton, Michael & Karen Budkie, Sara Reardon

India drops animal welfare rep from lab oversight board

May 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chief ousted for opposing bullfighting          CHENNAI,  India––Crippling the ability of the Animal Welfare Board of India to monitor animal use in biomedical research and product safety testing,  Indian minister of environment and forests Prakash Javadekar has removed AWBI chair R.M. Kharb from his position on the 13-member Committee for […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Organizations, Politics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Prakash Javadekar, R.M. Kharb

Can Tox21 robot take the gamble on animals out of toxicity testing?

April 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Testing device uses cells instead of animals          WASHINGTON D.C.––Can a robot detect substance toxicity toward humans faster and more accurately than a traditional test on rats,  mice,  fish,  or other animals? The developers of the Tox21 robot,  whose name is short for “Toxicology in the 21st Century,” are betting that the robot can outperform traditional […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Feature Home Middle Left, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science Tagged With: Anna Azvolinsky, Elias Zerhouni, Francis S. Collins, Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Ruili Huang, Tox21

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