P. Michael Conn is a Liar
Let’s start with P. Michael Conn’s second claim: “… if you look at recent history, things like polio, tuberculosis, and smallpox, they’re almost gone from the planet. These are triumphs of animal research.”Setting polio aside for the moment, is tuberculosis “almost gone from the planet”? Not even close. Here’s what the World Health Organization says: •Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second. •Overall, one-third of the world’s population is currently infected with the TB bacillus. In 2005, estimated per capita TB incidence was s

Animals being used as suicide bombers
In their latest ploy to cause maximum damage to international forces stationed in Afghanistan, the Taliban is using donkey suicide bombs to attack British troops in southern Afghanistan.Recently, a senior British Army officer and six other military personnel survived an attack when a tethered donkey laden with explosives was detonated as their armoured vehicle passed in southern Afghanistan."We'd spotted the donkey tethered to a tree as we were on our way down south to monitor an operation that had been going on that day, but thought nothing of it. There

The Lisbon Treaty: recognising animal sentience
“A sentient animal is one for whom feelings matter.”The Lisbon Treaty is good news for farm animals. It brings a greater opportunity to improve the lives of billions of individual animals, each one a sentient being with intrinsic value.Back in 1991, Compassion in World Farming submitted a petition to the European Parliament, calling for animals to be recognised as sentient beings, capable of suffering. This was accepted as a ‘treaty declaration’ which is not legally binding, but nonetheless a significant first step on the road. Then, in 1997 with the Treaty of Amsterdam, it became a Protocol, with legal status. The new Lisbon Treaty, in force from December 1s

Anthrax study rejected by OSU: Euthanasia of primates may be to blame for decision to cancel veterin
Veterinary medicine researchers were told by e-mail last month that OSU President Burns Hargis wouldn't allow the National Institutes of Health-funded project, even though an internal faculty committee had spent more than a year setting out protocol for the care and use of the primates.Veterinary scientists say the decision was sudden and arbitrary, and now they fear the president may call for ending other projects involving animal research.O sofrimento dos animais sujeitos nas maus do pior deles;O homem!!

USA- GREENVILLE, SC...Abused 4 y/o YORKIE mix needs EYE REMOVED and medical.. PLEASE, HELP.
Splenda was picked up and brought to Greenville County Animal Control. She has been terribly abused by someone. She is skin and bones and has a terrible infection in her eye that has caused her eye to rupture. Once we get the infection under control and some weight on her then we will remove her eye.