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GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), a non-profit laboratory, received the first annual Lush Training Prize during an award ceremony in London yesterday. The prize is a joint project between the global handmade cosmetics company and Ethical Consumer magazine. Designed to bring forward the date when products and chemicals are no longer tested on animals, the prize recognizes individuals or organizations who have...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A research team from the University of Guelph has been investigating the boredom of captive animals. Their findings, published in PLOS ONE, are the first to empirically demonstrate boredom in confined animals. The team hopes to encourage the development of more suitable housing systems for captive animals. "Ideas about how to assess animal boredom scientifically have been raised before, but this is really the first time that anyone's...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help the most helpless, American Humane Association's Red Star(TM) Animal Emergency Services team has been on the scene in the Northeast corridor for the past two weeks providing essential rescue, treatment, and shelter services, as well as emergency food, supplies, and medicine to cold, hungry and frightened animals caught in the path of Superstorm Sandy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101108/DC97343LOGO) It is...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as shoppers make Thanksgiving meal plans, a shocking new hidden-camera video of animal abuse secretly recorded at multiple Butterball turkey factory farms has been released by the national animal protection organization Mercy For Animals. Butterball is the world's largest producer of turkey meat and is responsible for 30 percent of the turkeys killed for Thanksgiving in the United States. The disturbing undercover video, which...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DogTime Media, the largest vertical media community focused exclusively on pet owners, announced the launch of their adoptable animal finder site adopt.dogtime.com. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081001/AQW549LOGO) The new site features nearly 100,000 animals currently available for adoption from legitimate shelters and rescue groups across the country. Users can easily search through large photos of each animal and find...
FBR Media reaches agreement with ABC Commercial for worldwide distribution of TV series WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FBR Media announced today it has reached an agreement with ABC Commercial, a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, for worldwide distribution of the first season of its medical/scientific TV series, Bench to Bedside(TM). Bench to Bedside(TM) features real stories of inspirational people and animals living with serious illnesses...
LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SPCA Florida, leading the state in advancing animal health care and well-being, announced today that Sean Hawkins, former Director of Strategic Partnerships for American Humane Association, has accepted the new Chief Executive Officer position for the 33 year-old institution. "The opening of the state-of-the-art McClurg Animal Medical Center in September on the SPCA Florida campus and the forward-thinking leadership of the SPCA Florida...
New resource encourages communities to build coalitions to identify, tackle animal abuse NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ASPCA(®) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(®)) and the National Link Coalition today launched the first-ever toolkit to help communities build coalitions to address the link between animal cruelty and human violence. The resource was developed by Dr. Randall Lockwood, senior vice president of ASPCA Forensic...
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BASF SE, the world's leading chemical company, has provided U.S. based Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) with equipment critical to replacing the use of animals for eye irritation testing of certain chemicals. IIVS will place the units at each of its newly developed training laboratories in Xi'an, Beijing, and Guangzhou, China. With a long history in the development and use of non-animal...
ALBANY, New York, October 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com), "In Vitro Toxicity Testing Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Analysis and Forecast, 2012 - 2018 [http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/in-vitro-toxicity-testing-market.html ]," the global in vitro toxicity testing market was worth USD 1,518.7 million in 2011 and is expected to reach USD...
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The American Mink, Mustela vison, is a North American member of the Mustelidae family found in Alaska, Canada and most of the United States. Some have established themselves in the wild in Newfoundland, Europe and South America after escaping from fur farms. In Europe, tens of thousand were intentionally introduced by the Soviet Union over a period of several decades. In later years, animal rights activists have also released several thousands in their attacks on fur farms. The larger...
