Born a “displaced person,” Biruté Galdikas spent her life aiding & advocating for displaced orangutans LOS ANGELES––Orangutan researcher, rescuer, and conservationist Biruté Galdikas, 79, died on March 24, 2026 in Los Angeles, after a prolonged illness. “Born in Germany, on May 10, 1946, while her parents were en route from Lithuania to Canada,” as displaced […]
Animal Care & Use Committees lose invisibility cloak: names must be public
University of Washington faculty lose three-year court battle to keep anonymity SEATTLE, Washington––Responding to March 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, members of the University of Washington Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee on May 28, 2025 agreed to drop a three-year legal effort to keep their identities […]
Trump regime & labs at odds: where does monkey demand go from here?
FDA boss Makary says agency is “replacing animal testing,” but lab monkey suppliers are expanding full speed ahead WASHINGTON D.C., CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts––Guessing which way the monkey business goes from here amid Donald Trump administration budget cuts and policy moves may be riskier right now than trying to outguess the stock market. Laboratory demand for monkeys […]
Trump administration government cuts may bring reduction of animal testing
Much depends upon whether controversial cabinet picks are approved––and if they do what they say they will WASHINGTON D.C.––The incoming second Donald Trump administration, like the first, does not appear to promise anything good for farmed animals, wildlife, or enforcement of pro-animal federal legislation, but animal use in biomedical research and testing may be another […]