WA: UW rents animals for experiments - The Daily of the University of Washington Online

UW rents animals for experiments - The Daily of the University of Washington Online

A dog will cost you $18.60 per day, while a brooding hen will cost $18.90. Other animals are rented for just a few cents per day.

Primates are "rented" through the Washington National Primate Reseach Center under similar arrangements.

WI: LTEs on Primate Experimentation Museum

Wisconsin State Journal

Animal testing is outdated technique

Why are those concerned about the exploitation of animals by the research community so often labeled anti- science? As a health-care professional, I care deeply about human health. I also care about the thousands of monkeys living in small, barren cages, removed only to endure the cruelty of man's most painful experiments.


After studying this issue, I am convinced that using animals for predicting human disease has sent researchers - who so boisterously defend the exploitation of animals in the name of scientific progress - down one dead end after another.

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Viet Nam News

Viet Nam News

Revenge of the cloned monkeys

globeandmail.com: Moment with orangutan inspired ethicist

globeandmail.com: Moment with orangutan inspired ethicist

There might be no better way to gauge connection than to look straight into the eyes of another.

If Kerry Bowman didn't know this before, he learned it soon enough when he peered through the Sumatran rain forest to find an orangutan, right there at ground level.

"He looked up, and when we had eye contact, it was a very powerful experience," Mr. Bowman says, recalling a 1980s work stint, in the midst of his post-university travels, when he helped document the great apes' movements.

"When my eyes caught his eyes, I just felt nothing different than as if I was coming across a human."

OT: Pioneering study shows richest 2 percent own half world wealth

This is so so sad. It makes me feel ill.

Pioneering study shows richest 2 percent own half world wealth