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Soon-to-retire NIH chief Francis Collins went both ways on lab animals

October 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“We are not rats and we are not even other primates,”  Collins said,  but NIH is now using more of both WASHINGTON D.C.–– Francis S. Collins,  who both de-emphasized animal research and presided over expanded animal research during his 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health [NIH],  on October 5,  2021 disclosed […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Elias Zerhouni, Francis S. Collins, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe, Larry Carbone, Merritt Clifton, National Institutes of Heath

Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice

May 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Harvard law student discovers animal lab inspections have been cut short since 2019             CAMBRIDGE,  Massachusetts––The silence from a cage of dead monkeys could scarcely be more deafening. Three business days plus a weekend of apparent near-complete non-response from the animal advocacy community have elapsed since the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Brett Richey, Casey Borch, David Grimm, Justin Goodman, Katherine Meyer, Merritt Clifton

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Rodeo, Sanctuaries, Science, Spay/neuter, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Barry McCabe, Bill Dyer, Bob Jenkins, Carol Noon, Doll Stanley, Ed Duvin, Frederick Coulston, Henry Spira, Joe Haptas, John Smale, Lise Giraud, Matt Rossell, Max Redfern, Pat Derby, Paul Seigel, Raymond Giraud, Sheri Speede, Sue Herndon, Terri Oyarzun, Virginia Handley, Will Tuttle

Rabbit sperm donors may be retired from service, but not rats, mice, & birds

January 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And not most rabbits in laboratory use, either             WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler,  in one of his last actions before leaving office with the Donald Trump presidential administration,  “issued a January 20,  2021 directive instructing the agency to plan for the retirement of the last remaining rabbits in the EPA’s taxpayer-funded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Andrew Wheeler, Justin Goodman, Karen Budke, Katherine Roe, Larry Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budke, Natalie Warhit, Sue Leary

Pig transport truck kills animal advocate Regan Russell outside slaughterhouse

September 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident reprises 1995 death of British protester Jill Phipps             BURLINGTON, Ontario––Regan Russell, 65,  of Hamilton,  Ontario,  was on June 19,  2020 crushed to death by an 18-wheel livestock transport truck delivering pigs to slaughter at Fearman’s Pork Inc.,  the largest and oldest slaughterhouse in Ontario. A local landmark since 1852,  and the scene of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, The Americas, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Anita Krajnc, Barry Kent MacKay, Marc Bekoff, Mark Powell, Merritt Clifton, Regan Russell, Tita Zed

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

Fewer dogs & cats used in U.S. labs than ever before

June 24, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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,  […]

Filed Under: Cats, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Alka Chandna, James Boasberg, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe, Merritt Clifton, SAEN

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

Will new Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau be “Justin other bad guy” for animals?

October 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Stephen Harper government,  notorious for defense of Atlantic Canada seal hunt,  ousted after 10 years OTTAWA,  VANCOUVER––“The reign of the Stephen Harper government has collapsed,” exulted Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals executive director Lesley Fox on October 20,  2015,  the morning after Harper’s 10-year Conservative Party of Canada regime collapsed in the 2015 […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Fur trapping, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, PMU, Seals, Slaughter, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Atamenenko, Alka Chandna, Barry Kent MacKay, Dave Shishkoff, Debra Probert, Judith Webster, Judy Stone, Justin Trudeau, Lesley Fox, Liz White, Merritt Clifton, Michel Trudeau, pit-bulls, Silver Donald Cameron, Sinikka Crossland, Stephen Harper

Factory-farming monkeys is A-OK with Hendry County brass

September 2, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Zoning officials zoning? LaBELLE, Florida––Monkey-farming is animal agriculture within the meaning of the zoning ordinance in Hendry County,  Florida,  county officials announced on August 18,  2015. Hendry County residents opposed to the location and practices of Primate Products and two other nearby laboratory monkey breeding facilities had hoped that they could be closed for alleged […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Hendry County, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Justin Goodman, Merritt Clifton, Thomas J. Rowell

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