Experimental Research

Information News Alerts

Information

• The Experimental Use of Chickens and Other Birds in Biomedical and Agricultural Research
• The Science of Delivering Drugs through Chicken Eggs 25 February 2019
• Survey on Genetically Modified Animal Research and Use 21 February 2019
• Should Farmed Animals Be Genetically Modified to Remove Their Capacity to Feel Pain? 10 April 2018
• Should We Genetically ‘Disenhance’ Animals on Factory Farms to Improve Their ‘Welfare’? 7 March 2018
• “BIRDS: The Need For Avian Advocacy” Now Posted! 9 June 2016
• Animal Protection Foundation Sues USDA for Broken Promises and Neglected Birds 4 December 2015 - aavs.org
• “The Startling Intelligence of the Common Chicken,” Scientific American 30 January 2014
• The Use of Chickens & Other Domestic Fowl in Agricultural Research
  Presented at the Free the Animals-Effective Action Against Vivisection Conference hosted by S.A.E.N. – Stop Animal Exploitation Now! October 27-28, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. - 22 Octboer 2012
• DECOMPRESSION: A New Way to Torture Chickens & Turkeys to Death 28 April 2011
  (Also in UPC Spring-Summer 2011 Poultry Press)
• Mass Depopulation of Poultry as a Disease Control Method: Gassing and Firefighting Foam (2006)
• Animal Cloning and the FDA, November 2003 (Farmed Animal Watch)
• Genetic Engineering and Cloning of Domestic Fowl
  (FDA Fall 2003 Public Meeting: Cloning Issues Relating to Animals Raised for Food)
• Cloned Chickens, Facially Disfigured Chicks, & Blinded Hens (Winter 2002 PP)
• The Ethics of Genetic Engineering and the Futuristic Fate of Domestic Fowl (1996)
• Red Contact Lenses for Chickens: A Benighted Concept (1992)

News

• Petition Demands Agriculture Secretary Shut Down US Meat Animal Research Center 22 January 2015
• Taxpayer-Funded Research Inflicts Massive Suffering on Farm Animals 20 January 2015
• Leading Animal Ethicists Call for Full Disclosure on Testing 5 October 2012 - www.oxfordanimalethics.com
• Cloned animals miserable, but safe to eat 16 January 2008
• Daily Times: Poultry industry not ready for cloning 18 January 2002
• Poultry Industry Experimenters Promote Fire-Fighting Foam as a “Humane” Method of Mass Extermination 15 March 2006

Alerts

• Survey on Genetically Modified Animal Research and Use 21 February 2019
• Free the Animals - Effective Action Against Vivisection Conference October 27 & 28, 2012 10 September 2012
• Write to Harper’s Magazine – but read the article first! 31 January 2005
• Urge USDA to Regulate Care & Use of Birds, Mice, and Rats 15 October 2004

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