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Comment preview: As someone who works in medical research, I am somewhat skeptical. Dogs are a USDA regulated research animal, and are therefore highly regulated. Treatment as you described would never be allowed under any circumstances. Even non-USDA regulated animals, su ....
Comment preview: As someone who does animal research now, I have to say that early and mid 20th century research didn't take animal ethics into consideration the way they should have at all. Now a days the amount of paperwork and committees involved in an animal ethics sta ....
Comment preview: I have done animal research and we used beagels (dogs) for biomaterials research. I have mixed feelings about animal research. To be honest, if you saw how the dogs were treated and the different studies that are done, even the most ardent animal researc ....
Comment preview: I put this into google and got the following from this website: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/dogs-perceive-time1.htm How a Dog's Memory Works Research on how dogs perceive time is limited. But we can learn more about it when look at the extensive ....
Comment preview: First thing, try to give the dog some water. I see that you already tried calling your county, does your local government not have an animal control division? You could try calling the police; if animal abuse is a crime in your jurisdiction, they may do so ....
Comment preview: This case gets posted quite a bit to reddit. One day I did the unheard of thing on reddit lately called "thinking for myself". Part of that was doing some research into that particular case. The owner of the dog lived in a trailer park. A bunch of stray an ....
Comment preview: I am a biomedical researcher, and my work includes testing on mice and dogs. I'm being very honest when I say our animals are treated with care and compassion. I'm also being very honest when I say there is absolutely no way our work could be completed wit ....
Comment preview: For the lazy folks that didn't check out researchsaves.org **Why must we use animals for medical research?** Animal research is the foundation for virtually every medical breakthrough over the past century. From antibiotics to blood transfusions, from dial ....
Comment preview: If you're responsible and take your animal to the vet when it starts showing symptoms, it doesn't get this bad. Spaying is generally a good idea, but it's important to keep in mind that it is surgery, and every surgery comes with risks. In general, the ave ....
Comment preview: For those of you wondering how to select a good pet food.... There is a ton of misinformation out there on the internet. A lot of it is very convincing, even if it's wrong or unsupported by scientific research. Most vets tend to recommend the larger compan ....
Comment preview: Marijuana is not toxic to dogs. It's what it's paired with that's dangerous. Oatmeal raisin cookie edibles? Well, raisins/grapes can give a dog renal failure. Dark chocolate? Even small amounts of chocolate can cause vomiting and diarrhea in dogs. Truly ....
Comment preview: Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand the use of remote collars as a safe, humane and highly effective tool for training dogs. On paper, it looks cruel. But, look at that dog. He is happy, he knows what is expected of him and he wants to deliver. ....
Comment preview: Dogs. I do a lot of charity things for dogs. I recently worked doing a fundraiser for the local rescue, but I'm very involved with Morris Animal Foundation and their cancer research. It's a wonderful organization, responsible for most of the vaccines and l ....
Comment preview: I know this isn't an entirely credible source at face value, but this issue was discussed on an episode of [QI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8XCWb6JgWo&feature=plcp&context=C4e5ee8aVDvjVQa1PpcFOXsFuiFvvPm7E0gwIVHhJpWwf3KX6ZlAY=) (from 1m55 until ....
Comment preview: This has been relevant to me in the past dealing with someone who I am 99% sure is faking a service animal (or has a really badly trained one and can't say what it's for), so I thought I'd share my research. It's allowable under federal law to ask when uns ....
Comment preview: RACCOON DOGS ARE NOT A BREED OF DOG. It goes without saying that these beautiful, unique animals absolutely should not be killed for their fur, but they are not a cuddly dog breed! They are actually not really closely related to any other species. They're ....
Comment preview: There was some research about human memory recently, and apparently [your brain searches for memories like an animal forages for food](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=memory-foraging). Your memories are grouped by similarity, so for exampl ....
Comment preview: Yeah, kind of. I mean I think most people would agree that animals feel happiness and unhappiness, but emotional depth beyond that is definitely up for debate. People do tend to anthropomorphize animals a lot. I'd imagine there is a lot of debate over h ....
Comment preview: Whether you realize it or not, you've brought up an incredibly interesting point. The Western relationship with dogs is built primarily on our symbiosis with them. If you look into some (very interesting) academic research about the special characteristics ....
Comment preview: IIRC rats and mice do not enjoy the protection of animal cruelty laws the way larger animals do, as they are considered pests. Edit: [Here's something of a source](http://www.petstoreabuse.com/laws.html#cruelty), though it may not be the most unbiased. *T ....
Comment preview: This article on the BBC website discusses the pet cull in Britain at the outbreak of war. 'At the beginning of World War II, a government pamphlet led to a massive cull of British pets. As many as 750,000 British pets were killed in just one week.' Althoug ....
Comment preview: It is not uncommon in traditional, rural, isolated areas to euthanize baby dogs and cats that are not wanted for the farm via drowning. Not 40 years ago, it was commonplace for farmers to cull the heard of their farmcats by putting them in a sack and drow ....
Comment preview: They tend to live much, much longer than dogs who live indoors, which I think says a lot. They still get shelter, attention, and food and get to live like their ancestors have been for thousands of years. I think it's important not to forget that dogs are ....
Comment preview: Everyone thinks PETA is for stopping animal cruelty. But that's not true. PETA couldn't care less about animal cruelty, PETA is against animal onwership of any kind. Here is a list of things PETA is against: -Dogs & cats as pets -Pets really of any kin ....
Comment preview: How much space do dogs need? Seriously, I have no idea. I found this link which talks about lab animals: http://www.awionline.org/pubs/cq/dogs.htm. It says 3.25 sq ft per animal. Actually *most* of the documents I find are referencing lab animals. [USDA ru ....
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