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2018
01 August 2018 – Laboratory Equipment – Lawmakers request research animal retirement stats (US)
30 July 2018 – Laboratory Equipment – Research Animal Use in the UK Falls Again in 2017 (UK)
26 June 2018 – Science – ‘A cataclysmic wake-up call’: Can more candor win back support for animal research (US)
22 June 2018 – Undark – Health effects of family separation, transparency in animal research, and more (US)
21 June 2018 – The Scientist – US Scientists’ Letter Calls for Transparency in Animal Research (US)
21 June 2018 – ALN Magazine – Nobel Prize Winners Lead Call for Greater Openness in Animal Research (US)
20 June 2018 – Science – Hundreds of US scientists urge more transparency in animal research (US)
20 June 2018 – Bovine Veterinarian – Nobel Prize Winners Call for Greater Openness in Animal Research (US)
20 June 2018 – USA Today – Let’s continue animal testing: American’s scientific community (US)
20 April 2018 – ALN – Advocacy group launches initiative to encourage openness in animal research (US)
18 April 2018 – Plant Based News – Primate Testing in the Netherlands Down by Nearly 50% (Netherlands)
28 February 2018 – Undark – White Coat Waste takes aim at animal research – from the right (US)
20 February 2018 – West Hartford News – Yale scientist defends research on birds after PETA protests (US)
7 February 2018 – Xinhua News – Cloned monkeys could help development of drugs for human brain diseases (China)
2017
18 November 2017 – New Haven Register – Yale scientist defends research on birds after PETA protests (US)
19 October 2017 – Yale Daily News – PETA interrupts Salovey speech (US)
12 October 2017 – Chemical Watch – South Korean politicians propose K-REACH animal testing reduction principles (KR)
26 September 2017 – The Scientist – FDA study halted after Jane Goodall objects (US)
25 September 2017 – Washington Post – FDA halts monkey research denounced by Jane Goodall as ‘shameful’ (US)
8 September 2017 – Science – PETA versus the postdoc: Animal rights group targets young researcher for first time (US)
14 July 2017 – Science – A trans-Atlantic transparency gap on animal experiments
13 July 2017 – The Scientist – UK Researchers Used Fewer Animals Last Year (UK)
13 July 2017 – The Sun – Britain’s Shame: Millions of genetically modified animals are being bred, caged, and killed ‘without any scientific gain’, charity warns (UK)
13 July 2017 – Huffington Post – Numbers may have gone down, but animal research remains vital (UK)
24 May 2017 – Science Insider – Activist battle US government in court over making animal welfare reports public (US)
31 March 2017 – Science Insider – Few US animal inspections being posted (US)
20 February 2017 – CNN – USDA inspection reports are vital to safeguard animals (US)
17 February 2017 – Science Insider – In reversal, USDA reposts some animal welfare records it had removed from website (US)
16 February 2017 – Bismarck Tribune – USDA needs to bring back animal info (US)
14 February 2017 – Vocativ – Animal Welfare groups sue USDA for removing public documents (US)
9 February 2017 – Washington Post – USDA removed animal welfare reports from its site. A showhorse lawsuit may be why (US)
9 February 2017 – Science Insider – USDA scrubbing of animal records may have been sparked by horse lawsuit (US)
7 February 2017 – Science Insider – USDA responds to outcry over removal of animal welfare documents, lawsuit threats (US)
15 January 2017 – The Argus – PETA – Campaigning With Shock Value, Fighting The Right Fight (US)
2016
14 December 2016 – Columbia Missourian – Amid scrutiny, MU and research institutions rely on animal testing (US)
4 December 2016 – Chronicle of Higher Education – Reconsidering Research on Primates (US)
21 November 2016 – Science Insider – Conservatives, liberals team up against animal research (US)
15 November 2016 – Washington Post – Should dogs be guinea pigs in government research? A bipartisan group says no (US)
8 September 2016 – Science Insider – Workshop on ethics of monkey research earns cheers and boos (US)
18 August 2016 – Wired – The Deaths of 9 Retired Research Chimps Ignite a Biology Feud (US)
20 July 2016 – Daily Mirror – Revealed: Full horror of brutal animal testing at government military lab sparks campaigners’ fury (UK)
14 April 2016 – Huffington Post – This article was not tested on animals (UK)
24 February 2016 – Nature – Week in Science
22 February 2016 – Science Insider – NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research (US)
20 January 2016 – STAT – PETA pumps millions into scientific research in bid to spare lab animals (US)
2015
14 December 2015 – Science Insider – Decision to end monkey experiments based on finances, not animal rights, NIH says (US)
18 November 2015 – Science Insider – Animal rights group targets NIH director’s home (US)
15 October 2015 – New Zealand Herald – Why Peta uses sex to save animals (NZ)
14 October 2015 – Daily Mail – PETA turns 35. Still using sex and shock for animal causes (UK)
14 October 2015 – US News – PETA turns 35. Still using sex and shock for animal causes (US)
18 September 2015 – Care2 – What happens to Lab Chimps after the Testing Stops (US)
29 August 2016 – IFLScience – The number of chimpanzees used in biomedical research is declining (US)
30 July 2015 – RADIO – BBC Radio West Midlands – Animal Numbers (UK)
21 July 2015 – RADIO – Radio Spintalk Ire – Animal research general (UK)
21 July 2015 – Huffington Post UK – Why People Are Wrong to Oppose the New Beagle Breeding Facility (UK)
16 July 2015 – Huffington Post UK – Animal testing beagle puppy farm approved in Yorkshire (UK)
17 July 2015 – Inquisitr – Live Animal Testing Beagle Dog Far Approved in Britain (UK)
15 July 2015 – BuzzFeed – Lawmakers: Painful monkey experiments should be reviewed (US)
14 July 2015 – Laboratory Equipment – Animal Research Declining in Some Categories, USDA says (US)
9 July 2015 – Science Insider – Use of regulated animals in US biomedical research falls to lowest level on record (US)
12 June 2015 – TELEVISION – ITV Calendar – B&K Breeding Facility (UK)
3 April 2015 – Wall Street Journal – Will U.K. Politicians Pledge to Ban ‘Most’ Animal Research? (UK)
1 April 2015 – Open Democracy UK – Six Ways to Break British Research (UK)
31 March 2015 – in-Pharma – UK politician pledge would ban 89% of animal research, say scientists (UK)
24 March – 2015 – BuzzFeed – 164 Parliamentary Candidates Signed Animal Testing Pledge That Would “Halt” Medical Research (UK)
5 February 2015 – TELEVISION – BBC Look East – New AstraZeneca facility (UK)
2014
27 November 2014 – The Times – Students offered cash to spy on animal experiments (UK)
26 November 2014 – io9 – Why the US is one of the Cruelest Places in the World for Lab Animals (US)
22 November 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio West Midlands (UK)
20 November 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio Three Counties Radio (UK)
27 October 2014 – The Independent – Anti-Vivisection group offers cash to name Cambridge animal testing lab workers (UK)
25 October 2014 – The Mirror – Cambridge undergraduates offered bribes to spy on students who experiment on animals (UK)
24 October 2014 – Daily Mail – Animal rights ‘extremists’ offer Cambridge undergraduates money in exchange for personal details of students involved with experiments on animals (UK)
24 October 2014 – Varsity – Activists offer money to students who report animal testing (UK)
8 September 2014 – CBS News – Questions raised about mental health studies on baby monkeys at NIH labs (US)
1 August 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio Northampton – Norman Baker Comments (UK)
1 August 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire – Norman Baker Comments (UK)
1 August 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio Hereford and Worcestershire (UK)
3 June 2014 – TELEVISION – BBC Look North – Hull Breeding Facility Appear(UK)
2 June 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio West Midlands – UCL Cats (UK)
2 June 2014 – RADIO – LBC Radio – UCL Cats (UK)
22 May 2014 – Cherwell – Oxford launch new animal research and commit to transparency (UK)
1 May 2014 – Times Higher Education – Why animal researchers are ending their silence (UK)
13 February 2014 – Cherwell – Investigation: Animal Testing (UK)
29 January 2014 – RADIO – BBC Radio 5 Live – Animal Research in Oxford (UK)
2013
13 November 2013 – RADIO – BBC Radio Leeds – Hull Beagle Breeding Facility (UK)
13 November 2013 – RADIO – BBC Radio Northampton – Hull Beagle Breeding Facility (UK)
2012
20 November 2012 – Examiner – Spinal injured dogs able to walk again with cell transplants (US)
25 July 2012 – TELEVISION – BBC Breakfast – University defends tests on kittens for lazy eye research (UK)
22 July 2012 – The Mirror – Sew Cruel: Scientists stitch up kittens’ eyes in shocking experiment (UK)
22 June 2012 – TELEVISION – BBC Look North – Using stray animals in research (UK)
28 June 2012 – RADIO – BBC Radio Leeds – FOI of Leeds University (UK)
18 March 2012 – TELEVISION – BBC1 The Big Questions – Is Animal Testing Justified (UK)
7 March 2012 – Huffington Post – Is Animal Research Worth It for Robotic Prosthetic Hands? (US)
15 February 2012 – Nature – NIH tightening access to ‘random source’ dogs and cats (US)
2011 and earlier
21 June 2011 – RADIO – BBC Radio Sheffield (UK)
24 October 2010 – BBC Radio Leeds – EDM calling to cap animal research (UK)
8 April 2010 – Daily Bruin – UCLA students gather for ‘Pro-Test’ to support animal research (US)
11 November 2009 – TELEVISION – CNN Bloggers Bunch (TV) – Extremism (US)
1 May 2009 – Nature Neuroscience – Marching for Science (US)
24 April 2009 – Seed Magazine – Defending Animal Research (US)
13 April 2009 – Los Angeles Times – UCLA professor stands up to violent animal rights activists (US)
8 August 2008 – Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Medical Researchers Live in Fear (US)
8 August 2008 – RADIO – Capital Public Radio Insight (US)
8 April 2008 – KIRO-FM Radio – Dave Ross Show (US)
6 August 2008 – Lodi News-Sentinel – The war on scientists in America (US)
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