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Pain-Infliction In Animal Research, Dorothy Tennov

Experimentation Collection

A summary of research outlining the main sources of pain and stress to animals in laboratories provides the background for the results of a survey conducted by the author on how students feel about experimentation involving animals. The psychological aspects of student reaction to animal experimentation are examined. The conclusion outlines specific recommendations on ways to minimize pain and discomfort of laboratory animals.

Animals In Education: The Use Of Animals In High School Biology Classes And Science Fairs, Heather Mcgiffin, Nancie Brownley

ANIMALS IN EDUCATION is the proceedings of the conference, "The Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes and Science Fairs," held September 27-28, 1979 in Washington, D.C. which was sponsored by The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, 2100 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. in connection with The Myrin Institute for Adult Education, 521 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.

Edging Toward Extinction: The Status Of Wildlife In Latin America, Douglas R. Shane

eBooks

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Sightings Of Moose, Deer, And Bears On Roads In Northern Ontario, D. Fraser

Anthropogenics and Population Decline Collection

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Every Fur Coat Hurts!

Close Up Reports

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Draize: A Blueprint For Change, Henry Spira

Draize Test Campaign

As coordinator, I prepared the following pages for the campaign to abolish the Draize rabbit blinding test. The plan includes background information, short and long range goals and step by step initiatives. This working blueprint was circulated to individuals and organizations interested in supporting the campaign. And we made a point of sharing copies of our plan with the cosmetics industry and any interested observers. It has always been our policy to have an up-front, open agenda.

Illegal, Secret Dogfights And Cockfights Rampant In U.S.

Close Up Reports

Enforcement is Difficult & Dangerous!

The Ontogeny And Organization Of Comfort Behavior In Adelie Penguins, Marc Bekoff, David G. Ainley, Anne Bekoff

Ethology Collection

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Homeless Cats And Dogs Are Suffering And Dying

Close Up Reports

Last year more than 13 million homeless cats and dogs were euthanized at humane societies and municipal animal shelters. As a statistic, 13 million may be meaningless. But think of it another way. Think of the 13 million as individual animals with individual personalities--each with their own beating heart, each with their own wretched story of how they found their way to the animal shelter. Each one was an individual breathing creature whose life was ended because there was no home to go to.

Homeless Cats And Dogs Are Suffering And Dying

Close Up Reports

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Metcalf-Hatch Repeal Means Lab Accountability, Henry Spira

Articles

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Metcalf-Hatch Act: Profit, Politics And Pain, Henry Spira

Articles

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Hsus Opposes Cruel Clubbing Of Harp Seal Pups

Close Up Reports

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Alternatives To Laboratory Animals: Definition And Discussion, Andrew N. Rowan

The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems [ISAP]

The origins of the concept of "alternatives" to the use of animals in research may be traced back to the 1800's and the furore about using live animals in surgical and other experiments. Some of the animal protection societies in England were prepared to accept animal experimentation provided it was performed under anesthesia. Even Dr. Marshall Hall, who championed the spread of experimental medicine in 19th century England, considered it necessary to control and prevent unwarranted, inept and cruel experimentation (French, 1975). The concept of alternatives has developed in the 20th century to encompass not only the reduction (prevention) of …

Metcalf-Hatch Fact Sheet, Henry Spira

Metcalf-Hatch Campaign

The Metcalf-Hatch Act forces tax supported pounds and shelters to turn over unwanted cats and dogs to New York laboratories. This creates difficulties for shelters/pounds. People who are aware of Metcalf-Hatch (MH) will tend to abandon animals rather than risk having them recycled into labs. And this places additional tax burdens on communities for rounding up abandoned strays. The cost of stray animals is already $400 million a year in the USA.

Food Animals Are Suffering

Close Up Reports

HSUS intensifies campaign to eliminate cruelty on 'factory farms'

Euthanasia Of Dogs And Cats: An Analysis Of Experience And Current Knowledge With Recommendations For Research, T. Carding, M. W. Fox

eBooks

1978 Special Report prepared by the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems

Hsus Investigation Leads To Fifty Arrests In Cockfight Raid

Close Up Reports

Participants fined up to $500

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved: Hsus Participates In Historic Bird Rescue

Close Up Reports

As the world watched the black tide of crude oil from the Amoco Cadiz devastate bird life along the French coast, HSUS staffer Guy Hodge was reporting to Congress about efforts to save oil-soaked birds in a recent Chesapeake Bay oil spill. A barge (ATC- 133) carrying nearly 500,000 gallons of crude had run aground south of the Maryland-Virginia border. Some of its cargo spilled into this North American waterfowl wintering area.

Together with HSUS cruelty investigator Phil Steward, Hodge had assisted in the most successful on-site bird rescue operation in history. One out of every three rescued birds was …

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved

Close Up Reports

HSUS participates in historic bird rescue

Hsus Fights Cruelty In Pounds

Close Up Reports

Unlike privately owned animal shelters, the pound was not instituted for the benefit of the animals.

Museum Victory For Animal Rights, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

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Quantitative Analyses Of The Ontogeny Of Predatory Behaviour In Coyotes, Canis Latrans, Louis E. Vincent, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Four infant coyotes (Canis latrans) were studied in order to describe quantitatively the development of predatory behaviour. Our results indicated that prior play and agonistic experience had virtually no effect on later predatory success. Also, there was no relationship between an individual's social rank and its prey-killing ability. Latency to kill was shortened when animals were tested in, pair and hunger level was not related to latency to kill. The results are discussed with respect to current 'functionalist' theories of play behaviour and Leyhausen's concept of the relative hierarchy of moods. The practice theory of play should be reconsidered in …

Amnesty International Scandal, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

File also includes:

November 11, 1977

• Letter to the Editor from Michael E. Levin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, City University
• Spira response to Professor Levin
• Letter to the Editor from David Hawk, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
• Spira response to David Hawk

February 23, 1978

• Letter from Mrs. F. Blakiston, Secretary to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International to Henry Spira

March 1, 1978

• Memorandum from Leonard Rack M.D. and Henry Spira to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International

July 25, 1978

• Letter from Dick Oosting, Deputy Secretary General for Amnesty International, to Henry Spira

October 1978

• Letter …

Hsus Spotlights Circus Cruelty

Close Up Reports

Society has sideshow operator arrested in three states

Mammalian Dispersal And The Ontogeny Of Individual Behavioral Phenotypes, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Explanations of dispersal mechanisms in mammals that have stressed the importance of aggression by dominant (?) individuals as the immediate cause of the dispersal of less aggressive (more subordinate?) individuals are insufficient for explaining recent data collected on a variety of mammals. In fact, avoidance of social interaction at the time of dispersal is more characteristic of some species in which individuals emigrate. Studies that have investigated genetic correlates of dispersal in rodent populations that undergo regular cycles are few and have not provided any "causative" explanations. In various canids and rodents, behavioral interactions at the time of dispersal do …

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

Close Up Reports

The Humane Society of the United States has initiated a nationwide boycott of a tuna products until real progress is made in reducing the needless slaughter of porpoises in tuna nets.

In the Spring of 1976, HSUS first asked its members to refrain from buying tuna because of the high porpoise mortality and the tuna industry's unwillingness to adopt any research porpoise-saving procedures. Recently, HSUS Program Coordinator Patricia Forkan called for a nationwide boycott of tuna.

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

Close Up Reports

New House Bill OKs Dolphin Deaths; HSUS Continuing Battle in Senate

Social Communication In Canids: Evidence For The Evolution Of A Stereotyped Mammalian Display, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

The variability in the duration and form of the canid play bow was studied in infant coyotes, wolves, wolf-dog hybrids, beagles, and adult free-ranging dogs. Both duration and form showed marked stereotypy. It appears that the role of this context-specific social signal in the communication of play intention has been fostered by selection for "morphological" stereotypy.

Animal Rights: Nih Cat Sex Study Brings Grief To New York Museum, Nicholas Wade

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