New Jersey’s Research Community Welcomes Passage of Homes for Animal Heroes Act
New Jersey’s thriving biomedical research community applauds the Legislature for passing Assembly Bill 3274/Senate Bill 2826, the “Homes for Animal Heroes Act.” Under the legislation, which passed the General Assembly unanimously today, institutions throughout New Jersey must re-home cats and dogs used in vital research studies with loving families when the research is completed. Today’s vote in the Assembly follows the New Jersey Senate’s 34-0 passage of the Homes for Animal Heroes Act in February 2019. Read more.
2020 U.S. spending bill restricts some animal research, pushes for lab animal retirement
AMP Board Chair Cindy Buckmaster Speaks With Science Magazine About Research Restrictions Included in the Latest Federal Spending Bill. Read more.
AMP Advocates for Biomedical Research in Wisconsin
Paula Clifford: Opponents of Spring Green kennel have made outrageous false claims. Read more.
Should aging lab monkeys be retired to sanctuaries?
AMP Chair Cindy Buckmaster speaks with Science Magazine about research animal retirements. Read more.
New EPA Plan Will Place Animals at Risk; So Why Is PETA Celebrating?
Written by Paula Clifford
Believe it or not, PETA, the group that claims to advocate for animals, is celebrating the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to deregulate the chemical industry. Read more.
Young Science Writers Enjoy NIH Visit
It’s possible that some of America’s future health leaders briefly appeared on campus this summer. The students were taking part in a program called Curious Science Writers, which offers high schoolers interested in science writing and research a chance to gain firsthand experience. Read more.
Letter: AMP Applauds Texas A&M Research
Re: “Raising hope and alarm — Texas A&M researchers have quietly bred sick dogs in their quest for a cure to human muscular dystrophy/While PETA and other animal activists protest, families support lab work,” Sunday news story. Read more.
AMP defends animal studies in the Michigan Daily
Written by Abigail Takas
PETA ranks University among ‘worst’ for animal testing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued a press release last week naming the University of Michigan as one of the “worst” universities for animal testing. PETA’s “Failed Tests: Campus Cruelty Report” investigated hundreds of universities across the country and ranked them as “bad,” “worse” and “worst.” PETA ranked U-M as one of the 93 schools categorized as “worst,” a distinction given to only about 14 percent of the 657 colleges investigated. Read more.
Environmental Protection Agency wants to phase out animal testing by 2035
Written by Michelle Stoddart
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of animal testing to determine whether chemicals are safe, setting the goal of eliminating it completely in 16 years. Read more.
Texas A&M researchers quietly bred sick dogs in hopes of finding human muscular dystrophy cure
Written by Rebekah Allen
COLLEGE STATION — A colony of golden retrievers and Labrador mixes lives in an unmarked building at Texas A&M. Few Aggies will ever see them, and many of the dogs will never know another home. Read more.