Media Coverage of the Pro-Test for Science 2010 Rally, which attracted hundreds of supporters to the UCLA campus.
Filed under: Campus Activism, News, SR News, SR in the Media | Tagged: 2010 rally, Abel Pharmboy, animal research, animal testing, coverage, daily bruin, drugmonkey, Janet Stemwedel, media, nature, Nick Anthis, pro-test, pro-test for science, Pro-Test Petition, researchers, Scicurious, Terra Sigillata Blog, ucla, ucla newsroom | Leave a Comment »
2009 has been a big year for Speaking of Research as we went global with debates in Dublin, presentations in Ystad (Sweden), and rallies in the Los Angeles. In the US, Speaking of Research also had the opportunity to get the advocacy message outo to hundreds of scientists and researchers at 2009 annual meetings of [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, Campus Activism, News, SR News, SR in the Media, Science News | Tagged: advocacy, americans for medical progress, animal rights extremism, AR extremism, cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, Leber’s congenital amaurosis, presentations, pro-test for science, Pro-Test Petition, rally, Society for Neuroscience, Society for the study of reproduction, speaking of research, SR, Tom Holder, twitter, ucla pro-test | 1 Comment »
The opening footage for the CNN Blogger Bunch discussion “Is animal testing necessary?” on Wednesday highlighted one of the reasons for a recent increase in public attention and media coverage of the role of animals in biomedical and behavioral research. The scorched front door of a scientist’s home illustrated the kind of “direct action” advocated [...]
Filed under: News, SR in the Media | Tagged: animal research, animal testing, speaking of research, vivisection, Tom Holder, ohsu, michael conn, holder, advocacy, david jentsch, CNN, dario ringach, Allyson Bennett, Ray Greek, Peter Young, Conn, Blogger Bunch, Is Animal testing Necessary, direct action, bennett | 3 Comments »
The aforementioned CNN debate can be viewed below: For Animal Research: Tom Holder – Founder of Speaking of Research P. Michael Conn – Associate Director of OHSU and author of “The Animal Research War“ Against Animal Research: Peter Young – Animal Rights Activist Ray Greek – President of Americans for Medical Advancement Full report and [...]
Filed under: News, SR in the Media | Tagged: Conn, Greek, holder, michael conn, Peter Young, pro-test, Ray Greek, Tom Hodler, young | 1 Comment »
Given the increasing media interest in the animal research issue CNN have decided to do a short web debate on Wednesday 9th November (tomorrow) . The debate starts noon EST (9am PST / 5pm GMT) and can be watched live on http://www.cnn.com/video/ – alternatively watch it afterward on CNN here. This will hopefully put to [...]
Filed under: News, SR in the Media | Tagged: AFMA, animal research, animal rights, animal testing, CNN, debate, michael conn, Peter Young, Ray Greek, speaking of research, Tom Holder, vivisection | 2 Comments »
The recent success of the Pro-Test Petition (10,000 signatures and counting) has caused stirs among animal rights activists. Two extremist blogs – the Thomas Paine’s Corner (which we have previously mentioned and is staffed by a number of ALF Press Officers) and the Negotiation is Over blog (which we have also mentioned), decided to encourage [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, News, SR in the Media | Tagged: activists, ALF Press Officers, americans for medical progress, animal rights extremism, animal rights extremists, climate of fear, negotiation is over, People's Petition, petition, pro-test, pro-test for science, Pro-Test Petition, support, Thomas Paine's Corner, Tom Holder | 4 Comments »
“Researchers to animal-rights activists: We’re not afraid” This is the sort of CNN headline we need to hear more about. The story covers the actions of two SR committee members, David Jentsch and Dario Ringach, who recently wrote a top-rated journal article in the Journal of Neuroscience. Also mentioned is Professor Jeffrey Kordower’s article in [...]
Filed under: Animal Rights News, News, SR in the Media | Tagged: animal research, animal testing, Carew, CNN, Dario Rinach, david jentsch, holder, Jeffrey Kordower, jentsch, Kordower, president, Pro-Test Petition, Researchers standing up to activists, Researchers to animal-rights activists, Ringach, Society for Neuroscience, speaking of research, SR, SR committee, Thomas Carew, Thomas J Carew, Tom Holder, we're not afraid | Leave a Comment »
Over ten thousand supporters have signed their name to the Pro-Test Petition (www.raisingvoices.net), which supports the rights of scientists using animals in medical research to conduct their lifesaving research free from harassment. Among those supporting the petition are Nobel Laureates, including David Baltimore and David Hubel1, and members of the National Academy of Sciences and [...]
Filed under: News, SR News, SR in the Media | Tagged: American Physio, American Physiological Society, americans for medical progress, animal research, animal rights activism, animal rights extremism, animal testing, antivivisection, David Baltimore, David Hubel, david jentsch, lifesaving research, medical research, Nobel Laureates, petition, press release, pro-test for science, Pro-Test Petition, rally, Society for Neuroscience, speaking of research, ten thousand strong for research, Tom Holder, ucla pro-test | Comments Off
