A Good Day for Zebrafish
Why zebrafish represent a miracle for the economics of lab-testing — and why rats are overpriced. By Mallory Locklear Ellen…
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Animal Testing
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Asia’s Changing Views on Animal Testing
According to a new report on animal research around the world, published by the National Academies Press, in a…
When Extreme Animal Rights Activists Attack
Lawmakers, researchers, and peaceful activists all say they deplore violence committed in the name of animal rights. But laws that may label some protesters as “domestic terrorists” are upsetting activists.
Reducing the Use of Animals in Experiments
U.S. law and U.S. agencies are both looking at ways to reduce the use of animals in labs.
Pets, Vets and Stalking Horses
The animal rights movement may set their sights on veterinarians, warn protectors of biomedical animal research.
Should Animals Be Considered People?
In a nation where corporations are people and others want fetuses to be, a core of philosophers and attorneys are trying develop laws to declare animals “legal persons.”
Teens Weigh Ethical Animal Research Dilemmas
Youth Ethics Summit gives students an understanding of how medical research works, which some say is critical to the pushback against animal rights activists.
Animal Research’s Changing Equation
Gavels and courtrooms are replacing placards and bullhorns, says the biomedical research community, as determined legal eagles work to increase animals’ rights and possibly even grant them "personhood."
Feds Put Chimp Experiments in Cage
A blue-ribbon panel sees the sun possibly setting on medical experiments using chimps, leading federal authorities to halt new awards but leave existing experiments in place.
What a Chimp Teaches Us About Humans
"Project Nim," a documentary film examining the story of Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who learned to communicate with people using sign language, reveals more about people than other primates.