Remove Unethical Vet from the UW’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
The University of Washington’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is the committee responsible for overseeing the treatment of…
Read MoreUW: Stop surgical training on live animals
It’s a shock. The University of Washington has resumed using live animals in surgical training — a useless, inhumane practice.…
Read MoreTell FDA: No animal tests for sunscreen
“In a proposed rule, Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use, FDA will require cancer tests which expose animals to very…
Read MoreLet’s Get This Bill to Ban Live Animal Paramedic Training Out of Committee!
State Senate Bill 5211, which would ban the use of live animals given invasive medical procedures during paramedic trainings, made…
Read MorePharm Company Needs Public Support; Sued FDA Because It Doesn’t Want to Test Dogs
From Citizens to Alternatives to Animal Research and Experimentation: “In a groundbreaking move, global drug developer Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has filed…
Read MoreWrite to Lawmakers About the Humane Cosmetics Act
The Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2790) is a bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce committee that would…
Read MoreThank You, Rep. Sherry Appleton, for Talking Sense to UW Over Treatment of Pigs
“Paramedics don’t need to cut open the throat of a pig when they have other options,” Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo,…
Read MoreFinally: A Study Will Examine Whether Animal Testing Even Works
The same week The Seattle Times reported that a macaque monkey at the UW died of thirst, The Baltimore Sun…
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