Asian cat meat marketeers sold infected cat meat to US government for toxoplasmosis testing on cats!

Animal testing center in Maryland, USA

The whole ghastly process is horrible from whatever angle you look at it. A while ago I wrote about the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) using young cats to conduct animal testing experiments in order to study the parasite toxoplasmosis (see 2nd link at base of article). There was uproar because it had …

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Senator votes AGAINST protecting aborted babies but FOR protecting kittens in animal testing

Baby life versus kitten life

This is an interesting ethical dilemma, on the face of it. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon voted against the introduction of legislation that would extend protection for babies born alive during an abortion procedure. The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require medical staff to use their best efforts to save the life …

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People settle on cougar territory. Cougar gets used to people. People kill cougar.

Cougar shot because she got used to being around people

The title summarises in three short sentences the story of this cougar and, frankly it is a sad story and a sad indictment of the failure of humans to protect wildlife. As human population numbers grow rapidly there is only one trend: it’ll get worse. This particular cougar (aka puma) was used to sunning …

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Hemp oil: Debate over whether the oil is legal to purchase for pets in Ohio

I don’t normally do medical articles on pets because I’d hate to give someone bad advice. The topic of using hemp oil on pets is something I’m very interested in these days because it’s the last resort for one of our cats. When traditional veterinary medicine fails, a natural product may be just what …

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Man caught red-handed raping a neighbour’s cat

Man raped a cat in SA

A South African man faces charges of bestiality after being caught completely naked raping his next-door neighbour’s cat. Reaction Unit South Africa – RUSA received a call from a local woman. The woman had heard the screams of a cat in distress and went to investigate. She entered the home of a man who …

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Hybrid cat testing research facility and cat shelter

A University built an enriched environment for cats in a contraceptive vaccine research study. This is a novel and welcome approach to using cats in research programs. We are used to seeing cats in cold, sterile environments and killed at the end of the research e.g. USDA research on toxoplasmosis over many years. The …

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Making it obligatory to adopt out cats from animal testing laboratories

Woman telling people what she thinks of animal testing

Why do animal testing laboratories have to be forced to adopt out the cats that they have abused? The norm is to kill (euphemism: euthanize) cats after they have been tested upon. I don’t understand it. Most of the time (nearly all of the time?) the cats are still healthy after being tested upon. …

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