Would you eat meat grown in a lab using cultured animal cells? November 16, 2022 Imagine a way to produce meat without slaughtering animals. Instead of raising livestock on farms, Uma Valeti, a cardiologist, and co-founder of Upside Foods, dreamt… Continue Reading
Alabama grad students suspended after giving hazardous drugs to animals October 21, 2019 Two graduate students who reportedly administered drugs to animals in the name of research have been suspended by Auburn University in Alabama after an… Continue Reading
Freedom at last for 10 laboratory chimpanzees now home-sweet-home at Project Chimps September 4, 2018 For years, in some cases decades, the chimps lived in a research lab. They never knew life outdoors, or without being observed and prodded… Continue Reading
Lulu the lab fails out of the CIA, prefers chasing squirrels to detecting explosives October 19, 2017 The CIA trains explosive detection canines, aka bomb dogs, to sniff out potentially deadly situations. But sometimes a puppy has other ideas. Every year,… Continue Reading
Sniff, sniff: Beloved drug dog retires July 21, 2014 After seven years of sniffing out everything from ecstasy to cocaine and marijuana in Alberta’s jails, Chazz the Correctional Service drug dog is retiring. Chazz… Continue Reading
Monkey deaths, subpar animal care at Harvard nets $24,036 fine December 19, 2013 Harvard Medical School must pay $24,036 (U.S.) in fines for a number of animal welfare breaches including the deaths of four monkeys used in… Continue Reading
