Call to end animal pain-research / BBC, 14 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7561061.stm

"Using animals to research pain has "limited value" and should be replaced by newer technologies, argues a panel of medical experts from across England. Animal tests can only simulate some aspects of chronic pain and are too simplistic, their report says."

Vivisection: Scientists use 6% more animals for research Guardian.co.uk, July 21 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/21/animal.experiments?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

"The number of scientific procedures carried out on animals rose by 6% last year to just over 3.2m. The vast majority (83%) used rodents, while the number of procedures that involved monkeys was down 6% with 3,125 monkeys being used in total."

Labour's vivisection 'failure'
New Statesman, 21 July 2008
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/07/animal-rights-labour
"Experiments on animals have reached the three million mark for the first time in 16 years, a shocking rise of 54% since Labour came to power argues the Dr Hadwen Trust."

Animal testing rise allied to GM experiments/ The Guardian, Tuesday July 22 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/22/controversiesinscience.medicalresearch?gusrc=rss&feed=society"The number of scientific procedures carried out on animals in Britain rose by 6% last year to just over 3.2m. The majority (83%) used rodents, while the number of procedures involving monkeys was down 6%, with 3,125 being used in total."

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate: Annual Report 2007 / Home Office, July 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4xftb

Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals: Great Britain 2007 / Home Office, 21 July 2008
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/spanimals07.pdf
"This publication presents 2007 statistics on scientific procedures performed on living animals subject to the provisions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986."

Police probe pirate-DVD detecting dog's demise / Register Hardware, 9 June 2008
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/09/police_dog_death/
Tony Smith
"A dog trained to track down pirate DVDs has been found dead. The cause of death is not yet known. Police named the disc-sniffing mutt as Manny, one of a pair donated to Malaysian anti-piracy authorities by the Motion Picture Association of America, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Manny and companion Paddy arrived in Malaysia from Northern Ireland earlier this year, and began work in April. They joined co-workers Lucky and Flo, who made headlines last year when they uncovered 1.6m illicit CDs during a five-month investigation into Malaysian disc piracy. Manny was found dead a week ago at an undisclosed location. Local police officials said their canine colleague's body had been sent for a post-mortem."

Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences / The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (JSAAE)
Held in Tokyo, Japan; March 31, 2008
http://altweb.jhsph.edu/wc6/

Christian groups challenge hybrid embryos go-ahead/Guardian, Wednesday April 9 2008 URL http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/09/stemcells.ethicsofscience?gusrc=rss&feed=politics

"Two Christian groups launched a legal battle today against a decision to allow university researchers to create human-animal embryos.

The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) and Comment on Reproductive Ethics (Core) said they had filed papers at the high court seeking a judicial review of the decision by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to grant licences to scientists at Newcastle University and King's College London."

Lab animal carers suffer in silence
New Scientist, 26 March 2008, Issue 2649
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726493.700-lab-animal-carers-suffer-in-silence.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Andy Coghlan
""Larry will always be in my heart," says Sally Walshaw. "I cried before and after the euthanasia session, but I didn't want to upset Larry by crying during the session itself. I spent a lot of time with him on his last day, and gave him lots of treats. Then Larry received a sedative, and about 10 minutes later the euthanasia was administered." "
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US to replace animals with robots in toxic chemical tests / Guardian, 15 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/15/animalwelfare
Alok Jha

US to replace animals with robots in toxic chemical tests / Guardian, 15 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/15/animalwelfare
US regulators have announced plans to reduce the number of animals used to test the safety of everyday chemicals. Instead of using animals such as rats and mice, scientists will screen suspected toxic chemicals in everything from pesticides to household cleaners using cell cultures and computer models.

Is animal testing dying? / R&D Magazine, 20 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wepa
"With the cosmetics industry facing a European ban on animal testing in 2009, a newly developed biochip could provide the rapid analysis needed to insure that the chemicals in cosmetics are nontoxic to humans."

Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals / National Academies Press, December 2007
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11931#toc
Committee on Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals, National Research Council

Fifth Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union: REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / Europa, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wcec

BRITAIN'S OTHER WAR ON TERROR: / Der Spiegel, 19 November 2007
Part 1: Resisting the Animal Avengers
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875,00.html
Part 2: 'Your Life Is in Danger'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875-2,00.html
Marco Evers
"An entirely different sort of war on terror is being waged in Great Britain. Using bombs, character assassination and blackmail as their tools, opponents of animal testing have been terrorising universities and research laboratories for years. But they are finally encountering resistance."

Why I use laboratory animals / Los Angeles Times, 1 November 2007
http://digbig.com/4txkb
"A UCLA scientist targeted by animal rights militants defends her research on addiction and the brain."

Animal Rights - the Beating Heart of Eco Action: A Discussion on How We in the Animal Rights Movement are at the Centre of Political Change / Arkangel, September 2007
http://www.arkangelweb.org/features/20070919beatingheart.php

Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals: Great Britain 2006 / TSO, 23 July 2007
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/spanimals06.pdf
Great Britain. Home Office
Cm 7153

Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals: Great Britain 2006: online supplementary tables & appendices / RDS, 23 July 2007
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/scientific1.html#spanimals06

Sudden decline seen in attacks by animal rights extremists / Guardian, 30 June 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,,2115343,00.html
James Randerson
"· Far fewer protests at homes of scientists· Tougher laws and stronger policing seen as factors"