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Adult Songbirds Experiments
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA’S EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS TITLE OF RESEARCH: Neurosteroids and Stress Physiology in Adult Songbirds, Published April 2009 UBC RESEARCHER(S): Amy Elida Margaret Newman,...
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The Use Of Non-human Primates In Medical Research
THE USE OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES IN MEDICAL RESEARCH∗ Though not well known to the general public, the University of British Columbia (UBC) uses non-human primates in a variety of research projects. In a...
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Dental research on pigs at UBC: Words from an activist
After learning of the horrific research done on pigs at UBC from the ADAV Society, a young activist, Zi Paris, wrote a powerful poem, which she shared with the UBC’s dentistry department and the...
View ArticleHumane Research Organization Raises Concerns Over UBC’s 2014 Animal Use...
For Immediate Release: December 9, 2015 Vancouver, BC – Last week, the University of British Columbia (UBC) released statistics on its animal use in 2014, including an estimate of the total number of...
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Petition against the use of primates at the Karolinska Institute (Scandinavia)
The Karolinska Institute, located in Stockholm (Sweden), is the last university in Scandinavia to still use primates in research. A group of animal researchers at Karolinska Institutet have received...
View ArticleThe problem with animal research
Essential reading from our own John Pranger, medical historian and former communications director for the Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection (ADAV) Society. “[Every year] thousands of animals suffer...
View ArticleOur presentation at UBC senate
On April 20, 2016, Laura-Leah Shaw, ADAV Society’s President, gave a presentation to the UBC senate. Below is the transcript. UBC SENATE MEETING – Apr 20/16 1) In April of 2014, the Animal Defense...
View ArticleSupport a ban on the most painful categories of animal research
Together with MP Don Davies, the ADAV Society and Stop UBC Animal Research are calling for an end to the two most painful categories of animal research. Please join with us – sign and share the...
View ArticleHumane Research Advocates Express Concern With New UBC President
For Immediate Release Wednesday June 15, 2016 Vancouver, BC – Dr. Santa J. Ono from the University of Cincinnati has been announced as the new president of the University of British Columbia (UBC),...
View ArticleWalking away from animal cruelty
A thought-provoking, well-researched article by Victoria’s Barbara Julian – a must-read! “Private donors ultimately hold the purse strings when it comes to curbing medical research on animals in...
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