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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

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

Is Protect the Harvest behind USDA purge of Animal Welfare Act data?

February 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Horse Protection Act enforcement info also deleted          WASHINGTON D.C.––Months of well-placed rumors that U.S. agriculture policy under President Donald Trump will in effect be directed by Indiana oil magnate Forrest Lucas,  founder of the anti-animal advocacy organization Protect the Harvest,  appear to have been confirmed on February 3,  2017,  when––without prior public notice––the USDA […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Science, USA Tagged With: Anthony Bellotti, Donald Trump, Forrest Lucas, Justin Goodman, Michael Budkie

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

U.S. labs now using more animals than ever, data review finds

May 1, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

NORFOLK, Virginia––Seven years after National Institutes of Health director Francis S. Collins and his predecessor Elias Zerhouni heralded a turn away from animal testing, U.S. laboratories are using more animals than ever before, especially mice and rats, say People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals investigators Justin Goodman, Alka Chandna, and Katherine Roe. Goodman, Chandna, and […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Feature Home Middle Left, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Regulation, Research & testing, Science Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Elias Zerhouni, Francis S. Collins, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe

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