CLASS B DEALERS
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Condoning or Confronting Cruelty?
Random source Class B dealers have been repeatedly cited for violations of the Animal Welfare Act for both illegally obtaining animals and for the substandard care they give to those animals in their possession. Urge the USDA to support any regulatory and legislative changes that would help protect animals from random source Class B dealers.
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Dog and Cat Dealer Out of Business
Another random source animal dealer has shut down. Chestnut Grove Kennel, whose owners were charged with conspiracy and fraud, has closed its doors, and will no longer be selling dogs and cats to research. There are now only eight random source Class B dealers operating in the U.S. But we still need your help to ban all random source Class B dealers!
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Dogs and Cats Need Our Help!
Urge your U.S. Representatitve to support the Pet Safety and Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit random source Class B animal dealers from selling cats and dogs to research facilities.
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PROTECT GREAT APES
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Chimps Receive Reprieve from Research
AAVS is pleased to announce that the Alamogordo chimpanzees, who had faced a return to biomedical research this year, will remain at their New Mexico home and will not be subject to experimentation.
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GE ANIMALS
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Speak Out Against GE fish
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is close to approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon for food, despite the fact that these fish often suffer serious health problems. GE salmon are only one of several GE animals in the pipeline, just steps away from reaching grocery store shelves.
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Keep GE Fish off the Menu
Recent reports indicate that the Food and Drug Administration is in the final stages of approving AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon for food, despite the fact that these fish often suffer serious health problems. In an outrageous move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture just gave $500,000 of tax-payer money to AquaBounty to develop its GE fish.
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