Local Activist Takes On KU Med Center: KU Med Lies, Abuses Animals, and Shreds the Constitution…

With respect to the University of Kansas Medical Center’s statement in the KCTV 5 news clip, “Center officials said they have fixed the problems, but none of the issues dealt with animal welfare,” it is an utter fabrication. The University of Kansas Medical Center has blatently lied to the media and to the public (who [...]

Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps

Ever since the first of their number arrived in New Mexico half a century ago as test subjects in the fledgling U.S. space program, nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees were routinely injected with viruses and used to test everything from experimental vaccines to insecticides. They have enjoyed a decade-long respite from research at an indoor-outdoor habitat [...]

PETA urges probe in use of animals in University of Michigan nurse training

Critics are blasting the University of Michigan for a course that teaches students to save human lives but uses animals to train them. On Tuesday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and asked for an investigation into U-M’s Survival Flight course, which teaches future [...]

PETA says video shows cat, dog abuse at NC lab

An animal-welfare group believes workers at a North Carolina research lab abused dogs, cats and rabbits, and the activists released what they said was undercover video of caretakers handling the animals violently…

Denver firm hit by PETA for cruelty to hamsters

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is sometimes more known for their publicity gimmicks to call attention to animal cruelty, but Tuesday the group hit hard…

UK-funded animal testing in Malaysia not unethical

Malaysia will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture…

Prosecutor to consider charges in UW sheep deaths

A judge appointed a special prosecutor Wednesday to weigh animal cruelty charges against nine University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and officials responsible for experiments that killed sheep…

Dozens of guinea pigs poisoned at Edmonton Valley Zoo

The Edmonton Valley Zoo says it plans to work with independent pathologists to determine exactly what led to the deaths of 65 guinea pigs, whose bodies were found sprawled inside their enclosure when staff arrived Wednesday morning to perform their daily maintenance routine…

PETA urges college to stop live calf embalming

Animal rights organization PETA urged the Bombay Veterinary College (BVC) in Parel to stop the proposed killing and embalming of a calf scheduled for Tuesday as part of its course syllabus…

Ecstasy over Spanish cloned calf

Against the protests of animal rights activists, the Spanish bullfighting enthusiasts may have the opportunity to see their legendary fighting bulls getting killed over and over again…

MoD blew up 119 live pigs in explosive tests

The research took place at the Government’s secret military research laboratory Porton Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, between 2006 and 2009. Official figures reveal 25 pigs were used in improvised explosive device experiments in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009. The animals are anaesthetised before the explosions…

Stem cells created from pig embryo

Scientists appear to have broken another barrier in stem cell research by creating a better research model to study human illnesses — a pig — actually 34 pigs…

New stem cells will reduce the need for animal testing

Powerful stem cells made by reprogramming adult tissue could reduce the need for animal testing of new drugs, according to a scientific pioneer of the technology…

Agresearch’s Cruel Experiments Cover Wide Range Of Animals

New revelations of cruel outcomes on experimental genetically engineered (GE) calves at AgResearch’s GE facility are likely to be just the tip of the iceberg according to the Soil & Health Association of NZ…

Activists protest animal testing plans in Malaysia

An Indian biotech company’s plans to set up laboratories for testing dogs and primates in Malaysia have angered animal rights groups who say the trial subjects could face suffering because the country has no regulations on animal research…

Thane anti-venom lab’s lethal dose to horses

Today (April 24) as campaigners from across the world mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, Mumbai Mirror exposes mass scale irregularities at Bharat Serum Vaccines Pvt Ltd’s Khoni animal farm which houses around 500 horses…

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