Wisconsin State Journal – A new committee would be tasked with the job of recommending whether the Dane County Board should officially “endorse” or “oppose” scientific experiments on monkeys in the county. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_0b2d5326-652b-11df-8a68-001cc4c03286.html
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Dane county (Wisconsin) committee would ‘endorse’ or ‘oppose’ experiments on monkeysBy AWIC on May 25th, 2010 | Comments Off
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Virginia Tech Partnership to Help Vet Students Interested in Research CareersBy AWIC on May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off
@TheHorse – The Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, a part of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, will partner with the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) to create new opportunities to help veterinary students who seek research-oriented careers focused on laboratory investigations and animal disease surveillance. http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=16399
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New DNA Lab to Open at National ZooBy AWIC on May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off
NBC Washington – A new high tech genetics lab will open at the National Zoo Tuesday with a mission to help protect endangered species in the wild and in zoos … http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/New-DNA-Lab-to-Open-at-National-Zoo-94742469.html
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Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life SciencesBy AWIC on May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off
Tokyo, Japan ? March 31, 2008
Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (JSAAE)
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Animal Rights On The MarchBy AWIC on May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off
NationalJournal.com – How animal rightists are bringing new meaning to the pledge “with liberty and justice for all.” Washington, watch out. http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20100522_1200.php
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UFO expert investigating Colo. cow mutilationsBy AWIC on May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off
KDVR.com – Authorities in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are trying to solve a series of bizarre, gruesome slaying: cows, mutilated, carved up, left to die in the fields. http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-alien-cows-txt,0,5016258.story
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Human behavior influences emergence of infectious disease in humans and animalsBy AWIC on May 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
ScienceDaily – After studying the interactions of human and animal populations in Africa, Kathleen Alexander, associate professor of wildlife science in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources, found powerful evidence of how human behavior can influence the emergence of infectious disease in humans and animals.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100429153953.htm
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Studies in Mice Show New form of prion disease damages brain arteriesBy AWIC on May 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
ScienceDaily – National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain have observed a new form of the disease in mice that does not cause the sponge-like brain deterioration typically seen in prion diseases. Instead, it resembles a form of human Alzheimer’s disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, that damages brain arteries. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304202246.htm
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Human-dog Communication: Breed As Important As SpeciesBy AWIC on May 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
ScienceDaily (July 27, 2009) — Dog breeds selected to work in visual contact with humans, such as sheep dogs and gun dogs, are better able to comprehend a pointing gesture than those breeds that usually work without direct supervision. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723194319.htm
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500 birds seized in cockfighting raidBy AWIC on May 21st, 2010 | Comments Off
SignonSanDiego.com – County animal service officers seized about 500 birds believed to be bred for cockfighting from a Pauma Valley property Thursday, and they served search warrants at a home in Fullerton and a restaurant in Anaheim as part of the investigation.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/20/500-birds-seized-in-cockfighting-probe/


