Commentary on Animal Law and Legal Issues
By David Galpern, a summer associate at Fox Rothschild LLP, based in the firm’s Princeton office
A recently enacted Virginia law amending Va. Code § 3.2-6511.2 imposes strict requirements…
Continue Reading NEW VIRGINIA LAW IMPOSES STRICT REQUIREMENTS ON COMMERCIAL BREEDERS OF RESEARCH ANIMALSThe Fourth edition of the “Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching,” published by the American Dairy Science Association®, American society of Animal Science…
Continue Reading Alert to researchers working with agricultural animals – updated guidance available
Despite having failed to establish next friends standing in Naruto v. Slater, 2018 WL 1902414 (9th Cir. April 23, 2018), PETA recently filed another case based on next friends…
Continue Reading The Mantra of Animal Rights Activists: IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN
For those who do not receive notifications directly from USDA APHIS, please note that the agency has just announced that it has removed its Self-Reporting Incentive Program, included in the…
Continue Reading ALERT TO AWA LICENSEES AND REGISTRANTS
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FEB 04, 2021 AT 6:00 AM
More than 32 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to…
Continue Reading Animal research crucial in COVID-19 vaccine development | Commentary by MATTHEW R. BAILEY
Care provided to chimpanzees at Project Chimps, a sanctuary for chimpanzees located in Georgia, has come under fire by “[m]ore than 20 former staffers and volunteers,” as reported by Rachel …
Continue Reading Allegations swirl around the care of chimpanzees at Project Chimps, as reported in Animal Wildlife Watch
Animal studies have and will continue to serve an essential role in medical development and public and animal health. This stays true for the current global efforts to find treatments…
Continue Reading The essential role of animal studies in expediating medical research to battle the COVID-19 pandemic
by Matthew R. Bailey Originally Published 6:30 a.m. ET April 17, 2020 | Updated 7:06 a.m. ET April 17, 2020
Scientists are working on dozens of potential treatments and vaccines…
This was just published by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. The use of animal models for researching coronavirus and other fatal human and animal diseases and disorders bears repeating, again…
Continue Reading The Importance of Animal Research for a COVID-19 Cure [Reposted with permission]
Despite activists’ rhetoric that animal models are not necessary for the advancement of biomedical research and development, the criticality of the continued use of animal models in biomedical research is…
Continue Reading Animal Models Remain Vital for COVID-19 Research
