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'You can't cut costs with animal welfare': The British zoos fighting for survival

When John Miskelly heard about Jersey Zoo's cost-cutting plans to shut its colony of Livingstone's fruit bats last year, he was deeply concerned. "It's a very endangered species around the world," ...
Hyperallergic

British Scientists Find Trove of Animal Mummies with No Bones

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies. Instead of bones, they found ...
LBCOpinion

Poisoning dogs in british laboratories is cruel, but not unusual

The most galling element of experiments on animals is how unnecessary they are, writes Dr Julia Baines ...
Southeast Missourian

British government: animals on suspected farm do not have foot-and-mouth disease

LONDON -- Livestock on an English farm that were tested after showing signs of possible foot-and-mouth disease do not have it, Britain's chief veterinarian said Saturday. The result strengthens ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

British Research Center Will Seek to Minimize Use of Animals in Experiments

The British government is establishing a research center to help minimize the use of animals in scientific experimentation. The National Center for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals ...