Program Term Archive
Animals in Laboratories
Roommates Wanted: USDA Tells Labs to Take Primates Out of Solitary
Animals in LaboratoriesThe national meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in San Diego featured a description of the many ways to modify existing caging and employ social introduction...
Using Chicken Eggs to Unyoke Rabbits in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesIn a presentation at the AALAS meeting, J. Hau from the University of Copenhagen described an interesting work in progress, the replacement of the rabbit with a free-range, free-will chicken...
Bill Would Give Class B Dealers the Boot
Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsThe Pet Safety and Protection Act, H.R. 2256 (PSPA), introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), prohibits random-source Class B dealers from selling dogs and cats to...
NIH “Anticipates” End to Bad Relationship
Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) finally took steps to end the use of Class B dealers by its outside researchers, after years of pressure from Congress and animal welfare...
Forgotten Monkeys Die at Primate Research Facility
Animals in LaboratoriesThree Rhesus macaques died gruesome deaths in late May, at the AAALAC-accredited New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana. The facility admitted the monkeys were left in a chute connecting...
Hue And Cry Over The New Guide Is An Old Tune
Animals in LaboratoriesThe new, eighth edition of the National Academy of Sciences' Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals reflects much that has changed since publication of the last edition 15 years...
Laboratory Staff Charged with Felony Animal Cruelty
Animals in LaboratoriesVideo images taken by an undercover investigator with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ) at the Professional Laboratory and Research Services (PLRS) facility in North Carolina documented...
Relieving Pain for Rodents in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesThere is an increasing tendency in animal research to ask the question, “Why not?” For a long time whenever this question was asked in the context of improving animal welfare,...
No Class: Teacher Reassigned After Ridiculing Student’s Anti-Dissection Stance
Animals in LaboratoriesA Florida middle school teacher has been disciplined after taunting a 13-year-old student for choosing not to dissect a frog during science class. According to the student, the teacher snuck...
The Virtue of Virtual: Schools Switch to Digital Dissection
Animals in LaboratoriesSo far, nine schools in California and Maine have agreed to end animal dissections in response to a challenge issued by AWI, Save the Frogs! and Digital Frog International. In...