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New EU Funds for Non-Animal Testing
Science & Tech  (tags: animal testing, cosmetics, EU, Europe, alternatives, ethics, GoodNews, government, politics, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cruelty, death, dogs, cats, killed, law, society, world, research, science, NewTechnology, medicine, business )

Rebecca
- 29 days ago - universityworldnews.com
A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Seems the EU is once again way ahead of the US in humane practices! Wise up US!
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Sign Petition: Require Labels That Disclose "Animal Tested" Products
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, testing, science, labs, vivisection, cruelty, suffering, death, torture, dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys )

Tom
- 273 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Companies like Kleenex, IAMS and Procter and Gamble DO test on animals but they don't state this on their products. If this is made law people may think twice about purchasing a product "Tested On Animals". Lets step forward to change this omission.
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Sign Petition: Tell the Senate To Criminalize Animal Testing!
Science & Tech  (tags: animal testing, vivisection, research, cruelty, suffering, death, dogs, cats, monkeys, rabbits, crime )

Tom
- 276 days ago - tinyurl.com
Laboratory animal testing is cruel and inhumane thus should be a punishable felony crime like other animal cruelty. With the technological advances in science today, it is becoming harder and harder to justify such a primitive and barbaric tradition.
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115 Million Animals Used in Animal Experiments
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, protection, research, science, suffering, ethics, news, world, activists, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, cruelty, cats, dogs, ethics, protection, suffering, medicine, scientists, study )

Louise
- 466 days ago - guardian.co.uk
An estimated 115 million animals are used in animal experiments worldwide, although it is difficult to get the exact numbers.
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Minds of Their Own: Animals Are Smarter Than You Think
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, investigation, animals, cats, dogs, humans, wildanimals, wildanimals, wildlife, interesting, science, study )

Jacquelin
- 583 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
Bit by bit, in ingenious experiments, researchers have documented these talents in other species, gradually chipping away at what we thought made human beings distinctive while offering a glimpse of where our own abilities came from.
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Amur Leopard Cub Goes Outside for First Time
Science & Tech  (tags: Amur Leopards, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, cats, endangered, extinction, goodnews, habitat, humans, protection, rescued, wildanimals, wildlife )

Brendan
- 630 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A rare Amur leopard cub has finally ventured out into the world at a British zoo today.
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The Family Tree of the Cats Rooted in Fertile Crescent
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, research, study, cats, family, habitat, society, environment, dna, discovery, news )

J.
- 662 days ago - news.ucdavis.edu
Cats were genetically clustered in four groups that corresponded with the regions of Europe,the Mediterranean basin,east Africa & Asia.This study confirms earlier research suggesting that the domestication of the cat started in the Fertile Crescent region
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Take Action: Stop Cruel Tests on Monkeys and Cats at the Weizmann Institute
Science & Tech  (tags: research, vivisection, cats, monkeys )

Alf
- 663 days ago - ga0.org
A recent undercover investigation in Israel revealed shocking cruelty being perpetrated on monkeys and cats at the Weizmann Institute of Science. At the end of these experiments studying brain function, some of the monkeys and all of the cats are killed.
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Nin the Mountain Mascot Retires in N.H. Mount Washington,N.H.
Science & Tech  (tags: interesting, off-beat, humans, culture, research, scientists, technology, space, tech, discovery, cats, loving, humane, retirement )

Thunderr
- 694 days ago - my.earthlink.net
Neither strong wind nor high flames bothered Nin the cat during a dozen years patrolling the Northeasts highest peak as mascot of the Mount Washington Observatory.The regal ex-stray with a bright white coat and black splotches was carried off the mountain
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Fearless Mice Developed By Japan Scientists
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, psychology, fear, cats, mice, japan, geneticengineering )

Mimi
- 707 days ago - hosted.ap.org
Cat and mouse may never be the same! Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself.
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Cloned Cats That Glow?!
Science & Tech  (tags: cats, cloning, genetic change, fluorescent, protein, science )

Eduardo
- 709 days ago - cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Scientists say they have cloned cats whose genes have been altered so that they glow in the dark - taking advantage of a technological twist that could someday be used to make more dramatic genetic changes in all sorts of creatures.
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Animal Rights Groups Petition FDA To Require Human Testing
Science & Tech  (tags: vivisection, primates, dogs, cats, killing, negligence, dangerous, drug testing, pharmaceuticals, health, microdosing, animal rights, physicians committee for responsible, medicine, jeremy rifkin )

Live
- 736 days ago - scientificblogging.com
AR groups, scientists, doctors seeking to compel the US FDA to mandate the use of human-centered rather than animal testing methods when those alternatives exist.
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Scientists Sequence Cat Genome : Science Technology
Science & Tech  (tags: science, dna, disease, genes, cats, health )

Jonathan
- 750 days ago - earthtimes.org
The DNA of a 4-year-old domestic cat named Cinnamon has been sequenced by U.S. researchers in an effort to shed light on human diseases.Cinnamon, an Abyssinian cat whose lineage can be traced by back several generations to Sweden,The domestic catSEECOMMEN
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The Keys to Cat-Ness
Science & Tech  (tags: cats, dogs, humans, genome, similarity, science, DNA )

Eduardo
- 752 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
Based on the structure of the chromosomes, the cat genome much more closely resembles that of humans than that of other nonprimate species. Unlike cats and humans, pieces of chromosomes in the dog, mouse, rat, and others have been reshuffled.
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Saber-Tooth Tiger Was More of a Kitty Cat
Science & Tech  (tags: research, discovery, science, species, technology, cats, wild animals, behavioral science, fossils, animals, tyrannosaurus rex )

J.
- 774 days ago - unsw.edu.au
The Ice Age Sabretooth, with its large protruding fans, was actually a bit of a pussycat, say Australian scientists who have studied the power of its bite and hunting skills.
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