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USDA euthanised cats used in animal testing with shot of ketamine to the heart

PoC avatarPosted on September 6, 2018 by Michael BroadSeptember 6, 2018

You may remember the furore over the USDA’s use of cats in animal testing when researching the Toxoplasma gondii infection. They did this over about 50 years and almost 3000 cats were used in the research program. Need to Euthanize? … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, cat euthanasia, euthanasia, euthanized, USDA | 4 Replies

Making it obligatory to adopt out cats from animal testing laboratories

PoC avatarPosted on July 30, 2018 by Michael BroadJuly 30, 2018

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal law, animal testing, cat euthanasia, cats in medical research, euthanasia | 2 Replies

USDA spends $650,000 of taxpayer’s money annually to toxoplasma-infect 100 kittens and kill them

PoC avatarPosted on July 3, 2018 by Michael BroadJuly 3, 2018

I had no idea that it cost that much to carry out cruel and unnecessary animal experiments on kittens. There is a bizarre contrast between the expense and the vulnerability of the kitten victims. Having written about this before I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, Toxoplasma gondii | 3 Replies

USDA killed almost 3000 cats to research toxoplasmosis

PoC avatarPosted on June 8, 2018 by Michael BroadJune 8, 2018

Toxomplasmosis is a treatable condition in humans and cats and most often asymptomatic. And yet the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) have just revealed to ABC7 that the American taxpayer has funded the killing of almost 3,000 cats at … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, toxoplasmosis | 4 Replies

Double Trouble: a cat cruelly abused in an animal experiment lab

PoC avatarPosted on August 24, 2017 by Michael BroadNovember 29, 2018

This is a video from PETA’s Twitter feed. I don’t think that I need to add words to be frank. The video is poignant and says it all. How anybody on this planet can support animal experimentation is remarkable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal cruelty, animal testing | 7 Replies

Animal Research Ethics Case Studies

PoC avatarPosted on June 29, 2017 by Michael BroadJune 29, 2017

The words in the title are a Google search term which is why I chose it. I can provide a case study (in the singular). The study shows how unethical animal research can be. In fact its very existence is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal rights, animal testing | 4 Replies

The cage size of laboratory cats will shock you

PoC avatarPosted on June 13, 2017 by Michael BroadJune 13, 2017

Sometimes cats used for animal testing are held for up to 2 years. That is what I am told in the book The Domestic Cat: the Biology of Its Behaviour. The European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal cruelty, Animal laws, animal testing, Europe, USA animal laws | Leave a reply

Essay on Animal Testing for Kids

PoC avatarPosted on February 11, 2017 by Michael BroadDecember 5, 2018

This is a short essay on animal testing for children. It is deliberately written in simplified English. The ideas have also been simplified. Animal testing is a tricky subject. People have strong ideas about it. There is a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, essay | 5 Replies

China Tests Internationally Made Cosmetics on Animals

PoC avatarPosted on December 27, 2015 by Michael BroadDecember 27, 2015

When a cosmetic manufacturer sells their products in China, the Chinese conduct independent testing of those cosmetics on animals. These are well-known cosmetics made by well-known manufacturers such as Revlon and Estee Lauder. Both Revlon and Estee Lauder do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing for cosmetics, animal testing in cosmetics | 2 Replies

Impossible Now To Justify Drug Tests on Animals

PoC avatarPosted on October 15, 2015 by Michael BroadOctober 15, 2015

Every now and then I write about animal testing and every time that I write about it, it becomes less and less justifiable and more are more unnecessary.  This is because, in part, science is developing methods to test drugs … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, Cat News | 13 Replies

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