Animals news

• US scientists who used scissors to kill lab rats must be fired, activists say

  11-09-2023 21:20
  
  Tulane university researchers accused of ‘serious’ violations that breached international protocol over animal deathsAn animal rights group is demanding the firing of researchers at a Louisiana university who killed laboratory rats with scissors and a blunt blade – and used out-of-date anesthetics for pain relief.The episodes are detailed in separate, self-reported notices of violation to the federal Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), which were sent by Tulane Universi
  
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• Keeping cats indoors is a rare solution where everybody wins | Calla Wahlquist

  11-09-2023 17:00
  
  In the debate over protecting native wildlife from domestic felines, one thing is often overlooked: cats should be kept indoors for the sake of catsThere is a bird bath in our garden frequented by fairywrens and red-browed finches. We put it under the flowering elm tree so the little birds would feel protected and hang out there for longer. It’s a few metres from our back door. Most days, when the sun hits that part of the floorboards, our cat Laurie can be found there, lazing in a sunbeam
  
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