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Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s

March 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans,  that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE,  Maryland;  WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett,  57,  who on January 7,  2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig,  died on March 8,  2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, David Bennett, Henry Spira, HSUS, Humane Farming Association, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mickey Dee, Ronald McDonald, Wayne Pacelle

The Five Piggies of the Apocalypse, by John Robins

January 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Will pig-to-human transplants cause farmers to grow hearts? [John Robins is director of Ethical Promotions Ltd and Campaigns Consultant to Animal Concern,  incorporating the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society,  founded in 1876.] How much is a pig worth?  A farmer in Fife producing free-range organically grown animals for the top end of the meat market might expect […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Sheep & goats Tagged With: David Bennett, heart transplant, PPL Therapeutics, Revivicor

Are pigs among our closest kin? Heart transplant revives debate

January 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Ethics,  genetics,  & relationship of pigs to humans             BALTIMORE, Maryland––The world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant,  performed on January 7,  2022 at the University of Maryland Medical Center,  may or may not extend the life of transplant recipient David Bennett,  57. Certainly it shortened the life of the pig,  trucked five hours from a company […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cloning & xenografts, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Kenya, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Bartley Griffith, David Bennett, Eugene McCarthy, Jack Hunter, Katrien Devolder, Megan Molteni, Merritt Clifton, Moshe Freedman, Muhammad Mohiuddin

Pit bull advocate charged with hit-&-run killing of Holocaust survivor

July 13, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Alleged killer had her favorite pit cloned,  & was charged with trying to break into a pound to rescue pits who mauled a couple             LOS ANGELES, California––Joyce Bernann McKinney,  68,  once a globally prominent pit bull advocate,  was on July 3,  2019 formally charged with assault with a deadly weapon,  hit-and-run driving, and vehicular […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cloning & xenografts, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Pacific rim, Research & testing, Science, South Korea Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Gennady Bolotsky, Hwang Woo-suk, Joyce Bernann McKinney, Lee Byeong-chun, Merritt Clifton

Top GMO mouse lab closing; sponsor turns toward non-animal research

June 4, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

13-year-old, $38 million facility was British leader             HINXTON, U.K. —The Sanger Institute,  a global leader since 2006 in producing genetically modified mice for biomedical research use,  on May 16,  2019 announced to staff that it will close by 2022,  if not sooner. The impending closure is among the first […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Cloning & xenografts, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Research & testing, Science Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Elias Zerhouni, Francis Collins, Holly Else, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe, Mark M. Davis, Merritt Clifton, Mike Stratton, Mike Turner

Why is animal use in labs up, even as public moral approval is down?

May 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Feature Home Top, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Other species, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Dr. John Maxwell, Hans Reusch, Kenneth Cunnif, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Cunniff, Scott Plous, Sue O’Leary, Theo Capaldo, William Randolph Hearst

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

Smart money bets on bio-cultured meat

July 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Facebook & Google financiers say animals are not the future of agribusiness          BROOKLYN, SAN FRANCISCO, HONG KONG––Some leading edge investors in agribusiness with long successful histories are betting big-time that the future of animal agriculture will no longer involve raising animals. Li Ka-Shing, for example, the richest man in Asia, with net worth of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Alternatives, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Central Europe, Chickens, China, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Food security, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Netherlands, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel, Isha Datar, Koby Barak, Maneka Gandhi, Mark Post, Merritt Clifton, Modern Agriculture Foundation, Modern Meadow, Muufri, New Harvest, Perumal Gandhi, Ryan Pandya

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