A new report in Nature suggests that domestic cats, primarily un-owned, are responsible for an estimated 6.9 to 20.7 billion animal deaths every year. While the majority of animals killed were by strays, feral and farm cats, a significant number were from pet cats. Here we conduct a systematic review and quantitatively estimate mortality caused … Continue reading It’s a Cat-astrophe
Category: Animal Rights News
Similarity of Anti-Vaccination and Anti-Animal-Testing Arguments
While reading Edzard Ernst's fantastic blog I came across a list of "common anti-vaccination tropes" that originated in a 2012 paper by A. Kata. What's interesting is that nearly every argument could be used by an animal rights activist if you simply switch the word "vaccination" to "medicine". So: 1. I am not anti-medicine, I … Continue reading Similarity of Anti-Vaccination and Anti-Animal-Testing Arguments
Animal Rights Bill Under Consideration in the Senate
The Great Ape Bill, which would have significant impact on chimpanzee research in the US, is now under consideration in the US Senate. Over the past year, the legislation has been widely discussed in terms of its aims to: 1) End invasive research with chimpanzees. 2) Move towards retirement of the US chimpanzee research population … Continue reading Animal Rights Bill Under Consideration in the Senate
Camille Marino is Over!
Camille Marino, the animal rights extremist behind the Negotiation is Over organisation/website (currently down) was sentenced to six months having pleaded guilty to "Unlawful Posting of Message with Aggravating Circumstances" and "Trespassing". Her sentence comes after a campaign against the Wayne State University researcher Donal O'leary in which she flaunted earlier bond conditions to post … Continue reading Camille Marino is Over!
And when they were wrong, they were very very wrong
Occasionally you see a factual error or two in a newspaper (gasp!), but this article in the Daily Mirror (British national tabloid newspaper) really takes the proverbial biscuit. As I read further and further down the article I got more and more annoyed before my three years of teaching got the better of me and … Continue reading And when they were wrong, they were very very wrong
Animal Rights Deceptions at the University of British Colombia (again…)
Earlier this year we reported on how a Professor Doris Doudet at the University of British Columbia, a noted expert on Parkinson’s disease, was facing a torrent of false allegations from the animal rights group STOP UBC Animal Research (SUBCAR), and how subsequent investigations by the BCSPCA and the Canadian Council on Animal Care fully … Continue reading Animal Rights Deceptions at the University of British Colombia (again…)
Keep Research Afloat
Our latest guest post comes from Peter Wright and Eleanor Browne, students of Imperial College London. They have started their own organisation aimed at trying to avoid the imminent crisis heading for biomedical research due to the restrictions on animal transport. We urge you to support their efforts to Keep research afloat - an issue … Continue reading Keep Research Afloat
Has Prof. Steve Best breached ethical standards of academic conduct?
We believe academic freedom is an integral quality of institutions of higher education. Scholars should be able to pursue their research and express their ideas freely. We agree with the mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) which aims: to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, … Continue reading Has Prof. Steve Best breached ethical standards of academic conduct?
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