Posted on August 3, 2010 by speakingofresearch
Back across the pond, in Leicester (pronounced “les-ter”), animal rights activists are warming up for a battle against a new £15 million (around $24 million) biomedical facility which the University of Leicester is building. Looking through the local rags, an interesting article came up in “this is Leicestershire” from a reporter who took a look [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, News | Tagged: animal research, animal testing, vivisection, Tom Holder, benefits, animal rights, animal rights activists, University of Leicester, Leicester | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 28, 2010 by speakingofresearch
The Vivisector’s Tale – A review of the LA Magazine Article about David Jentsch and Pro-Test for Science.
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News, SR News | Tagged: animal research, vivisection, Tom Holder, animal rights, animal rights extremism, david jentsch, jentsch, pro-test for science, LA Mag, LA magazine, vivisector's tale | 44 Comments »
Posted on May 11, 2010 by Blue Sky Science
On Saturday April 24, 2010, the American Physiological Society sponsored a symposium on Trends in Animal Rights Activism and Extremism. This event, attended by about 100 people, was part of the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting, which was recently held in Anaheim, California. In introducing the symposium, session chair Bill Yates noted the importance of animal [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News | Tagged: ucla, mice, americans for medical progress, ALF, animal liberation front, rats, david jentsch, megan wyeth, north american animal liberation press office, APS, American Physiological Society, pro-test for science, animal rights extremists, FOIA, Bill Yates, Alice Ra'anan, symposium, Freedom of Information Act, Amy Blum, University of Iowa, Paul Cooper | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 26, 2010 by speakingofresearch
As World Week for Animals in Laboratories (a week of animal rights misinformation) comes to a close, we have a guest post from Nancy Haigwood, director at Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). This piece reflects well the frustration felt by many scientists about animal rights activists misrepresent the noble cause of scientists who work [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, News, Science News | Tagged: animal research, animal testing, WWAIL, ohsu, onprc, world week for animals in laboratories, animal models, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Nancy Haigwood, improving health, animal researchers | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 8, 2010 by Blue Sky Science
Our recent panel discussion on the science and ethics of medical research using animals gathered panelists in favor and opposed to such investigations. By all measures, the event turned out to be a very productive exercise in civil discourse. An encouraging sign was the fact that several animal right activists in the audience came to [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News, SR News | Tagged: Americans for Medical Advancement, animal rights activists, animal rights extremists, Bruins for Animals, Bryan Monell, Chris DeRose, dario ringach, Dr. Ray Greek, Last Chance for Animals, pro-test for science, Science Blogs, Shannon Keith, ucla, UCLA Academic Freedom Committee | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 27, 2010 by speakingofresearch
In the run up to a Panel Discussion on animal testing, animal rights extremists threatened to harass a researcher’s children at school, provoking widespread outrage by scientific bloggers across the world.
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News | Tagged: animal research, animal testing, speaking of research, pro-test, vivisection, Tom Holder, ucla, extremism, bloggers, drugmonkey, orac, respectful insolence, terrorism, scientific activist, Nick Anthis, david jentsch, dario ringach, Pharyngula, PZ Myers, pro-test for science, camille marino, marino, negotiation is over, animal models, Neurotopia, Panel Discussion, Bruins for Animals, Science Blogs, ScienceBlogs, science bloggers, NIO, Blakemore, Edythe London, pro-tests, demonstrations, Adventures in Science and Ethics, Stemwedel, threatening children, Scicurious, White Coat Underground, Good Math, bad Math, Amibvalent Academic, MedlingKids, Meddling Kids | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 24, 2010 by Blue Sky Science
In an effort to establish a dialogue between those holding different opinions on the role of animals in research, Bruins for Animals and Pro-Test for Science held what, in our judgement and that of many of our colleagues, was an extremely positive and informative discussion on the science and ethics of biomedical research using animals. [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News | Tagged: animal rights, biomedical research, animal rights extremism, ucla pro-test, david jentsch, animal rights activists, dario ringach, pro-test for science, UCLA Campus, Ethics, Bruins for Animals, Jill Ryther, Kristy Anderson, Dialogue | 1 Comment »
