Congress Reviewing Animal Research Practices At NIH Lab
Randall Mayes
Due to ethical concerns, activists have made research using lab animals highly controversial.
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) current policy is to discontinue primate research unless there are no other options.
A 2011 study by the Institute of Medicine found that a majority of research on primates is unnecessary.
Four members of Congress have recently raised concerns regarding research at an NIH lab and have asked for a review of the current experiments being performed on monkeys, reports The Huffington Post ( www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12… )…
Design & Trend – Dec 29, 2014, 02:00 PM
www.designntrend.com/articles/…
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SeaWorld Orca Sanctuary Solution Offered by PETA Stockholders
By Chris Joseph
Earlier this year, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which owns shares of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., tried to propose a solution for the park’s ongoing public criticism over its treatment of captive orcas: the creation of a coastal retirement sanctuary for SeaWorld’s killer whales …
New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) – Dec. 29 2014 at 12:19 PM
blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pul…
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