YDA debates PETA on animal experiments
By Michael Sullivan
Contributing Reporter
On Tuesday evening, the Yale Debate Association debated PETA on whether or not Yale should ban experiments on animals.
PETA director of Laboratory Investigations Justin Goodman argued in favor of banning experiments, while YDA president and former YDN staff reporter Diana Li ’15, and former YDA membership director Nick Cugini ’15 argued against it. Roughly 50 students and community members were in attendance at the event held in Linsly-Chittenden Hall …
Yale Daily News (blog) – November 5, 2014
yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/11…
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Beagles used for chemical testing rescued
CBS
SAN FRANCISCO ( CBS www.cbsnews.com/news/beagles-u… ) – It’s biotech’s dirty little secret: CBS station KPIX discovered ( sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014… ) at least four companies in the Bay Area are testing everything from medicine to chemical products on dogs. The companies are in Emeryville, Hercules, Menlo Park and San Carlos.
The breed of choice is beagles, because they’re so friendly, and the right size. Most won’t survive. But for the ones that do, there is a chance at a new life …
WTSP 10 News – 4:19 a.m. EST November 5, 2014
www.wtsp.com/story/news/2014/1…
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Column: Helping animals isn’t as hard as you’d think
Stephanie Markham, News Editor
When people realize that it’s been almost two years since I’ve eaten meat, cheese, milk or eggs, the first thing they usually say is “Wow, I could never do that.”
You know what I could never do? I could never be a dairy cow.
I could never be kept constantly pregnant in order to produce more milk than is natural or healthy, not a drop of which will go to my baby, who will be taken away from me after its birth and eventually share my fate if it is female or be slaughtered in infancy if it is male.
That’s something I could never do …
The Daily Eastern News – November 4, 2014
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