Animal rights organisations and activists have called on the Indian government to withdraw proposed regulations on scientific experiments involving animals, warning that the changes could weaken oversight, increase animal suffering and expose stray and wild animals to laboratory use. The…
The draft Rules specify which animals can be used in research, what experiments are permitted and what safeguards are needed to minimise their suffering. The public can submit comments on the draft until November 5 You are logged in You don’t…
Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury has raised concerns over the Union Government’s proposed Draft Laboratory Animals Rules, 2026, arguing that certain provisions could weaken animal welfare safeguards in scientific research. As a vocal advocate for animal welfare, the Congress MP has formally…
Michael Koets, an engineer at the Southwest Research Institute, on AI software built to count dogs on San Antonio streets. Researchers will film from cars in 32 census tracts, and staff will review the footage by hand. Koets says the software…
What can the relationship between a person and their animal teach us about gender, power, and the way we relate to the world around us? The seminar course Gender & Power in Human-Animal Relationships will once again be offered in the…
There isn’t a single legal definition of ‘animal rights’ in any law around the world. Animals do not currently have a general set of legally enforceable rights comparable with human rights. However, UK law does offer some important protections for…
Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than then believed. To determine whether he was right, the nerves in monkeys’ forelimbs were severed surgically. Taub’s purpose was to train the animals to reuse their…
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Running a pet account can be fun… that is until the social side of it starts getting a little overwhelming. One woman created a separate Instagram for her cat so she could post freely and connect with other pet accounts.
MORE than one million tests have been conducted on animals in Scotland since 2021, including experiments on dogs and monkeys and the breeding of genetically altered creatures, says a new report. Research by animal welfare charity OneKind – shared with The Ferret…
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