Speaking of Research have regularly had guest posts. Scientists have different fields of expertise, and who better to get to write about a scientific field than an expert in it. The most powerful voice on this issue continues to be that of the scientist. We need more scientists to explain their research. Why do they … Continue reading Your Turn to Speak of Your Research…
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EU statistics show Decline in Animal Research Numbers
The EU has just put up its Seventh statistical report (and additional detailed stats), which provides the 2011 statistics of the numbers of animals used in research (though France provided 2010 stats). It shows that since 2008 (the sixth report), the number of animals has dropped over 4%, from 12 million down to 11.5 million … Continue reading EU statistics show Decline in Animal Research Numbers
Tom Regan’s War Declaration: the 25th Year Anniversary
It is not every day that a moral philosopher declares war on the work of his academic colleagues. It happened 25 years ago, on the steps of the Federal Building in Los Angeles, just a couple of blocks from UCLA. “We are here today to declare war on vivisection!” were Tom Regan’s opening words in … Continue reading Tom Regan’s War Declaration: the 25th Year Anniversary
Primate Report sees through Misleading Claims of Animal Rights Groups
On 28th November 2013, the UK Animal Procedures Committee (APC) released its latest report entitled “Review of the assessment of cumulative severity and lifetime experience in non-human primates used in neuroscience”. The report, by the APC’s Primate Subcomittee, was chaired by Prof John Pickard, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cambridge University. This comprehensive … Continue reading Primate Report sees through Misleading Claims of Animal Rights Groups
Animating Animal Research
The British Pharmacological Society and Understanding Animal Research have produced an animation explaining why animals are used in pharmacology. This under-three minute video is a great way of getting across the importance of animal research to those who are less aware of the science behind biomedicine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqygetGFVA It's not the first animated video that we … Continue reading Animating Animal Research
Jerry the Beagle and the “Liberation” that Wasn’t
On Monday, Nov. 4, Jerry, a six-month old beagle allegedly "rescued from a laboratory" at UC Davis, gamboled on the grass outside California's state capitol as news cameras looked on. But campus veterinarian, Vic Lukas, was puzzled. He wasn’t aware of an animal being "rescued." More concerning, one of the people in the photos with … Continue reading Jerry the Beagle and the “Liberation” that Wasn’t
Mice and Mustard Gas: A History of Chemotherapy
We write a lot of articles about the role animal research is playing in promising upcoming research. Sometimes it results in a breakthrough, sometimes it doesn't - but it often takes years to find out. Chemotherapy is an older example of how decades of research and testing - including with animals - can build into … Continue reading Mice and Mustard Gas: A History of Chemotherapy
Global Trends in Animal Rights Activism 2013
In 2011 I wrote a post about the number of animal rights incidents posted on the Bite Back website (warning: AR extremist website) which logs many incidents of animal rights extremism around the world. The analysis only looks at the July - September period as it was too cumbersome to get all the figures for … Continue reading Global Trends in Animal Rights Activism 2013
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