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 … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Here are some examples of social irresponsibility by companies or industries. Microsoft: The recent worldwide viral malware infecting millions of computers using Windows operating systems, mainly XP, can in part be blamed on Microsoft’s desire to constantly ‘upgrade’ their operating … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
