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<title>SF: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DISMISSAL OF ANIMAL WELFARE LAWSUIT</title>
<description><![CDATA[CBS 5, CA - Court has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed animal experiments at the University of California at San Francisco violate a federal animal welfare law. <a href="http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&amp;item=ANIMAL-RESEARCH-LAWSUIT-baglm">http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&amp;item=ANIMAL-RESEARCH-LAWSUIT-baglm</a>]]></description>
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<title>Scientist: stem cells could end animal testing - CNN</title>
<description><![CDATA[CNN - Drug testing is an emotive subject not least because of animal testing. So how have anti-vivisectionists greeted the news? Chief Executive at the British . <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/22/stem.cell.drug.tests/">http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/22/stem.cell.drug.tests/</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:17:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Dog Clings to Life and Saves Another</title>
<description><![CDATA[News and Observer - Even with some of the fanciest technology around -- and an owner who loved him enough to pay for it -- the veterinarians thought Clyde, a burly, loose-jointed Labrador retriever, would be long dead by now. <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1339424.html">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1339424.html</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:14:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>FDA Continues To Receive Complaints about Chicken Jerky Products for Dogs and Cautions Consumers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to caution consumers of a potential association between the development of illness in dogs and the consumption of chicken jerky products also described as chicken tenders, strips or treats.  FDA continues to receive complaints of dogs experiencing illness that their owners or veterinarians associate with consumption of chicken jerky products. The chicken jerky products are imported to the U.S. from China.  FDA issued a cautionary warning to consumers in September 2007. <a href="http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/ComplaintsChicJerky.htm">http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/ComplaintsChicJerky.htm</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:50:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Worcester Tech Plans Lab Animal Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[Worcester Business Journal -- Grads could fill demand from biotech industry. <a href="http://www.wbjournal.com/news42289.html">http://www.wbjournal.com/news42289.html</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:43:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Competition challenges students to grow in animal welfare knowledge</title>
<description><![CDATA[American Veterinary Medical Association--The eighth annual Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition hosted at Michigan State University Nov. 1-2, 2008. <a href="http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan09/090101nn.asp">http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan09/090101nn.asp</a>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:40:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The HSUS and Procter &amp; Gamble Recognize &apos;Alternative Awards&apos;</title>
<description><![CDATA[HSUS--The Humane Society of the United States and The Procter & Gamble Company will bestow the North American Alternative Awards on Dec. 18 for outstanding scientific contributions to the advancement of viable alternatives to animal testing. <a href="http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_and_procter_and_gamble_announce_alternative_awards_121708.html">http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_and_procter_and_gamble_announce_alternative_awards_121708.html</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:08:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>New global animal database in testing stage to help zoos manage, find animals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Canadian Press-- This month, a team begins testing a new software system called ZIMS - short for Zoological Information Management System - that will bring together all of the information in data systems that are scattered all over the place. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h1LZmzXiptKiCXhYODx58zEFhbQw">http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h1LZmzXiptKiCXhYODx58zEFhbQw</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:05:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Nomination of Tom Vilsack as the Next Secretary of Agriculture</title>
<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer Statement: Nomination of Tom Vilsack as the Next Secretary of Agriculture. <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentidonly=true&PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2008%2F12%2F0306.xml">http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentidonly=true&PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2008%2F12%2F0306.xml</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:41:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>EpiDerm&apos;s Skin Irritation Test Fully Validated in European Union</title>
<description><![CDATA[MarketWatch--Significant milestone met in development and validation of non-animal alternative test methods. <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/EpiDerms-Skin-Irritation-Test-Fully/story.aspx?guid=%7BBCD25149-7EDC-4B2E-8E5D-1E7E8A6911A7%7D">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/EpiDerms-Skin-Irritation-Test-Fully/story.aspx?guid=%7BBCD25149-7EDC-4B2E-8E5D-1E7E8A6911A7%7D</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:37:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cellumen Expands Discovery Toxicology Services with Cardiac Hypertrophy Panel</title>
<description><![CDATA[MarketWatch - "The CellCiphr Cardiac Hypertrophy panel is the next step in helping the FDA realize their goal to first minimize and then to replace animal testing within the next 10 years."  <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Cellumen-Expands-Discovery-Toxicology-Services/story.aspx?guid=%7B01000A79-615D-40BD-BB2D-2F1843A4FE89%7D">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Cellumen-Expands-Discovery-Toxicology-Services/story.aspx?guid=%7B01000A79-615D-40BD-BB2D-2F1843A4FE89%7D</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:32:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Jana Kohl and Fellow Celebrity Animal Welfare Advocates Outraged Over the Vice President-Elect&apos;s Decision Not to Adopt</title>
<description><![CDATA[MarketWatch -"Animal exploitation comes in many ugly forms but puppy mills are recognized as one of the worst," says Bob Barker notable animal welfare advocate. <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Jana-Kohl-Fellow-Celebrity-Animal/story.aspx?guid=%7B05C0B16F-A51D-4572-859E-3C561ABD972B%7D">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Jana-Kohl-Fellow-Celebrity-Animal/story.aspx?guid=%7B05C0B16F-A51D-4572-859E-3C561ABD972B%7D</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:20:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>About 500 Chickens Seized From 2 Farms</title>
<description><![CDATA[LoudounExtra reports Authorities in Loudoun County, Virginia have seized about 500 chickens from two farms suspected of being cockfighting operations and where roosters were found tethered, caged and with body parts amputated, according to county officials and court records. <a href="http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/dec/17/birds-seized-investigation-cock-fighting-lovettsvi/">http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/dec/17/birds-seized-investigation-cock-fighting-lovettsvi/</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:08:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Abandoned horses are on the rise</title>
<description><![CDATA[USAtoday.com -- Horse abandonment is on the rise across the USA, livestock and agricultural officials say. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-16-horses_N.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-16-horses_N.htm</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:31:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Some Wild Mares to Receive Contraceptives</title>
<description><![CDATA[TheHorse.com -- About 70 wild mares from the Cedar Mountain herd in Utah will receive a contraceptive as part of a joint effort between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to control wild horse population growth on BLM lands. <a href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=13276">http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=13276</a>

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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:29:39 -0500</pubDate>
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