The University of Toronto holds a Good Animal Practice (GAP) certificate. The GAP certificate requires that whenever animals are used in science, the institution must adhere to the three Rs which are ...

When animals are used in a biomedical research activity that may result in more than mild or momentary pain or distress, humanity, federal regulations and common sense direct us to use the least ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...

In 2023, 253,341 laboratory animals were used at the Max Planck Institutes. This figure includes 95,715 animals that were used to obtain organ or tissue samples and were not exposed to any stress ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational terrors and give form to what we don't wish to know.

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Elizabeth MeLampy offers an eye-opening and disturbing account of what happens at these gatherings and what the animals feel about being used for community-building entertainment.