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Category: Pro-Test
Last week, scientists and their supporters at UCLA held the first rally of their new chapter of the pro-research organization Pro-Test. In addition to the various other accounts that have been published, Tom Holder of Speaking of Research has now...
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Category: Pro-Test
Several hundred turn up to show their support for animal research at Pro-Test's first UCLA rally
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Category: Pro-Test
The LA Times has an article today about the founder of the UCLA chapter of Pro-Test, David Jentsch, a neuroscientist whose car was torched last month by animal rights extremist. This point is particularly relevant: "People always say: 'Don't respond....
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Category: Pro-Test
Intimidated into silence no longer, UCLA scientists are standing up for research and speaking out against animal rights extremism.
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Category: animal rights
On Saturday, animal rights extremists torched the car of a scientist at UCLA--just one more incident in a long streak of violent threats and wanton destruction of property. LA Times columnist Tim Rutten gets it right when he states: No...
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Category: animal rights
The public face of Oxford's animal rights movement winds up in prison, where he belongs.
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Category: animal rights
An AP article details the recent rise of animal rights extremism in the US.
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Category: book reviews
In a dark room, buried in a nondescript building somewhere in London, an orderly array of new trainees sits silently, listening intently as a senior police official delivers a security briefing....
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Category: scientific activism
A good introduction to and defense of animal research--all in a five-and-a-half-minute video from Tom Holder.
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Category: scientific activism
His new organization, Speaking of Science, will focus on countering animal rights activism in the US
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Category: Pro-Test
The pro-animal research organization Pro-Test held its third major march today to support animal research and to oppose animal rights extremism
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Category: Pro-Test
Stand up against animal rights extremism and join Pro-Test in support of animal research in Oxford on 9 February.
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Category: animal rights
No surprises there.
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Category: Nobel Prize
Awarded for the knockout mouse to Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies
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Category: animal rights
...and then publish a scientific paper!
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Category: animal rights
A new study from the Research Defence Society (RDS) indicates that medical doctors in the UK overwhelmingly support the role of animal research in contributing to important medical advances. The RDS questioned four hundred general practitioners from across the UK...
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Category: causes
A categorized list of several worthy causes for readers interested in supporting those working for the progress of science in our society.
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Category: Pro-Test
In the ongoing struggle against animal rights extremism, Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test held a public meeting in May at which people expressed support for animal research from a wide variety of perspectives.
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Category: Pro-Test
I've been following Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test since its inception, and a few weeks ago I wrote a post describing its second large march through the streets of Oxford. Pro-Test has received quite a bit of well-deserved press in general,...
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Category: animal rights
Are all animals equal? Peter Singer seems to think so, and although it sounds like a nice idea, it's not grounded in scientific fact. While I believe that humans have a responsibility to be humane, respectful, and caring to one another, to other animals, and to nature and the environment in general, at the same time I believe that it does us all a disservice to ignore the basic cold hard facts of nature, something that Singer had to do to build his argument.
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Category: animal rights
Since I've been writing quite a bit lately about Pro-Test and the response of Oxford scientists to animal rights extremism, it's important to understand why the current movement is significant, in light of what scientists in Oxford have been facing over the last few years. This post, which takes the reader into the heart of an animal rights protest, attempts to do just that. I think it's also interesting because it offers a unique explanation of the forces motivating the animal rights activists in Oxford.
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Category: Pro-Test
Supporters of animal research in Oxford have been silenced for years by the intimidation and fear tactics of animal rights extremists. But, that has all changed in a matter of months, as the pro-research organization Pro-Test took its message to the streets for a second time, on June 3rd. Originally sparked by the Pro-Test's first march in February of this year, this movement has since ignited into a wildfire of support, reaching the highest levels of the UK government, including Prime Minister Tony Blair. What really matters, though, is that this is a grassroots movement that draws on the efforts of ordinary students and citizens, both scientists and non-scientists alike, to give a voice to those who have been quiet for so long.
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