Testing on animals is controversial. A recent report issued by the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides some interesting information. The first bit of good news is that animal testing is down, based on … Continue reading →
I am one of those people who finds animal testing abhorrent. There is no need for it, in my view. I’ve always felt that there should be alternatives and that animal testing for our benefit cannot be justified. There are … Continue reading →
There is a distinct possibility that most animal testing labs will be closed down in the future provided a new replacement system is approved by the regulators. The proposed replacement system is one in which artificial humans replace animals for … Continue reading →
This is a short essay about using animals for medical research. It is deliberately written in a straightforward, simplified style and is for students. Visitors are free to use it as they wish under a creative commons license. Animal testing … Continue reading →
Nina Fodale on the Causes website is calling for a full investigation into the animal testing that is carried out at MSD Animal Health in the UK having watched the video below: March 2, 2014, the Daily Mail reported on this … Continue reading →
This is an animal testing story which concerns the UK. As at the date of this post, there appears to be only one newspaper reporting this story namely the Daily Mirror. As Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler states this is … Continue reading →
Despite the fact that about 67% of all animal tests in the UK are conducted on mice (1,910,110 mice in 2004), it has been discovered that the outcome of all the experiments should be called into question because scientists found … Continue reading →
If dogs can been shown to have an emotional reaction signified by a chemical change in their brain that we would call “love” then we should be able to confidently state that cats will have the same reaction which would … Continue reading →
Craigslist allows people to advertise a kitten for adoption provided there is a “small adoption fee“. In order to comply with the policy cat owners demand about $5-50 dollars. Class B dealers in the US are licensed to purchase and … Continue reading →
UW-Madison (the University of Wisconsin–Madison) has conducted ghastly experiments on the brains of cats for the sole purpose of maintaining and perhaps enhancing government funding via the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Apparently, the experiments resulted in no actual … Continue reading →
