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Animals News tagged with rats

Animal Exploitation Photo Gallery : Mice and Rats
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, labs, mice, rats, suffering, protection, environment )

Cher
- 26 days ago - all-creatures.org
Mice and rats are not protected by any anti-cruelty laws, nor are any research facilities required to account for any testing procedures on them. These feeling and social animals are left to the "mercy" of the researchers. The rats in this photo are
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Florida Man Charged With Animal Cruelty Over Pet Rat
Animals  (tags: animals, rats, pets, killed, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, suffering, protection, environment )

Cher
- 42 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Authorities say a DeLand man who strangled a pet rat after accusing his wife of taking the last cigarette has been charged with animal cruelty.
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Defenseless Rat Proves Knockout in Lab
Animals  (tags: animals, labs, rats, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 102 days ago - all-creatures.org
The creation of a lab rat with no functioning immune system...It also heralds the arrival of many other types of knockout rats vital for research.
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ACTION ALERT: Ask Oakton Community College to End Cruel Classroom Experiments
Animals  (tags: oakton community college, end cruel classroom experiments, rats, mice, cruelty, suffering )

Simone
- 157 days ago - secure.peta.org
Because of a complaint from a concerned student, PETA has learned that a professor at Oakton Community College (OCC) requires students in her anatomy and physiology courses to experiment on rats who have been killed in a cruel manner and to experiment
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Rats Play Odds in Gambling Task
Animals  (tags: animals, rats, gambling, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 163 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Rats are able to play the odds in a "gambling task" designed by scientists to test the biology of addiction.
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Your Morning Adorable: Cat and Rat Are BFF (Sort of)! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, rats, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 176 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
"Rat loves cat ... cat tolerates rat," is owner chibudgielvr's summation of the unique relationship between Peanut the rat and Ranj the cat.
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In Memory of Vincent, Remy, and Henri
Animals  (tags: animals, rats, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 194 days ago - thatvegangirl.com
This is a story about three rats. Actually, it's a story about 25 rats, but only three of them really had a chance at redemption, and even that didn't happen in the end. I gave them names, even though I never met them, because I couldn't stand to let
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Protection for Rats and Mice: Front-Page News
Animals  (tags: mice, rats, peta, welfare, labratory, cruelty, experiments, awareness, animal advocates )

Simone
- 195 days ago - blog.peta.org
Yep, rats and mice are finally having their day. Saturday's Wall Street Journal (the second-largest paper in the country and the most respected) features a front-page article about the work of PETA and others to gain protection for rats and mice in labor
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Coming to a Town Near You, the New Breed of 'Super Rat' With Poison-Resistant DNA
Animals  (tags: animals, rats, poison resistant, AnimalWelfare, environment, wildanimals )

Cher
- 195 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A breed of 'super rat' which has developed resistance to conventional poisons is threatening to overrun British towns and cities, scientists warned yesterday.
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Sign Petition: End Animal Testing Now!
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, testing, science, labs, companies, products, dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, rats, suffering, death, cruelty, abuse )

Tom
- 256 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Many people have no idea that the brands they trust and use daily test on organisms that have no choice in the matter. Each year, thousands of animals are blinded and otherwise injured for a product that millions take for granted. Tell them to stop!
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Indian Police Enrol Rat Recruits
Animals  (tags: mice, rats, India, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, problem, protection )

Cher
- 263 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Police in India's Haryana state believe they have found a novel way to tackle a plague of mice infesting official records and destroying evidence.
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Indian Police Enrol Rat Recruits
Animals  (tags: india, wildlife, mice, rats, pests, domesticated white rats to scare the mic )

Jacquelin
- 263 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Police in India's Haryana state believe they have found a novel way to tackle a plague of mice infesting official records and destroying evidence. They have started using a pair of domesticated white rats to scare the mice away. Rodents are a huge
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The Biting Rat
Animals  (tags: rats, biting, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 271 days ago - examiner.com
Let's step back and find out why animals bite at all. Domesticated or wild, animals can bite. They can also scratch, kick, or knock you down Even you can bite, scratch, kick or knock someone down! So, biting isn't an inherent character flaw; it's a
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Who Cares About Mice and Rats? Take Action !!
Animals  (tags: mice, rats, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 296 days ago - getactive.peta.org
Every day, mice and rats die in our nation's laboratories--without even the most basic protections of federal law. Like dogs and cats, these animals can feel pain, and studies show that they are clever and great mothers and that they would risk their own
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The Cat and the Rat Who Struck Up An Unlikely Romance - AMAZING VIDEO
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, rats, freinship, amazing, pets )

Maria
- 316 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
They always said Tom and Jerry were really friends, well here's the proof. An amazing video gives a fly-on-the-wall view of an unexpectedly intimate relationship between Peanut the rat and its feline housemate.
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