Cambridge University to probe 'sheep cruelty':  "Cambridge University is investigating claims that sheep used in its brain research suffered 'unnecessarily'." (June 9, 2014)

Watchdog group says that A&M researchers are feeding sheep alcohol and killing them: "A&M veterinarian researchers have been injecting pregnant sheep with alcohol to attempt to simulate the effects of binge drinking in pregnant women, hoping to unlock new information about fetal alcohol syndrome." (May 8, 2014)

Over 1,500 monkeys are imported into the UK for medical testing:  Annual figures show the number of monkeys that are imported from China, Vietnam and Mauritius by British medical researchers:  “Using them has given us profound insights into many diseases including general neurological conditions, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s." (Jan. 22, 2014)

Cambridge University defends pregnant sheep experiments condemned by Animal Aid campaigners as 'macabre' and 'repugnant': "'The methodology of this experiment appears to be seriously flawed and the conclusions drawn by the researchers seem to be contradictory. 'It is hard to see how any clinical advance can come from this research.” (Jan. 21, 2014)

Top 10 craziest animal experiments: (Jan. 14, 2014)

Protesters urge Wayne State to stop research on dogs (with video): "The use of dogs in cardiovascular research at Wayne State is painful, unnecessary and inhumane." (Nov. 15, 2013)

New Plans To Breed Beagles For Science Testing: "The dogs were kept in groups of twos and threes in metal cages against the walls." (Oct. 16, 2013)

Iran Is Repeating the Wasteful and Deadly Cold War-Era Space Experiments on Animals: "Iran is gearing up to repeat the wasteful and deadly mistakes that marked the Cold War-era space race." (Sept. 17, 2013)

An embolic agent in the rete mirabile induces ischemic stroke in miniature pigs: "This method challenges the concept that the swine cannot be used to establish models of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases." (Jul. 15, 2013)

Human head transplant is "bad science," says neuroscientist: '"It's complete fantasy, that you could use [PEG technology] in such a traumatic injury in an adult mammal," Silver says." (July 2, 2013)

Food giants caught in animal testing scandal: "Rabbits, piglets and mice are being killed when heavily pregnant, injected with deadly bacteria and bled to death by food firms testing fashionable superfoods." (June 20, 2013)

Physicians sue feds for not coming clean over dead monkey:  "The small monkey was taken away before it could be examined by a veterinarian, according to a USDA report." (June 12, 2013)

Mice Return from Russian Space Mission, Only Half Survive: "No details have been released on how the mice died." (May 20, 2013)

Coast Guard reexamines use of live goats as battle 'patients': "The training did not reflect battlefield situations, that the goats showed signs of pain and that the students did not show any sense of urgency in treating the animals."(May 3, 2013)

$180k in fines sought for animal testing deaths: "The most recent deaths demonstrate a continuing trend of negligence that has resulted in painful deaths of research animals." (2012)

Rodent euthanasia methods under scrutiny: "The results do show that rats prefer even an uncomfortably bright environment rather than one in which they breathe CO2." (Dec. 19, 2012)

Another UT Southwestern Employee Says He Was Fired for Reporting Animal Abuse: "Donna Pulkrabek says she was pushed out of her job at UT Southwestern in May after reporting mistreatment of laboratory animals." (Dec. 13, 2012)

Scientists kill half a million animals: "State government figures show 57 per cent of research animals were either euthanized, killed for dissection, killed accidentally, died naturally, or experienced 'death as an endpoint' - defined as when ''a procedure is designed to cause the death of animals with no humane endpoint." (Dec. 2, 2012)

Teacher sentenced to 8 months for killing rabbits in class:  Anatomy teacher 'brutally' strangled then bludgeoned animals: "The teacher "first tried to strangle them, then repeatedly punched the animals, and then after prolonged violence, smashed the rabbits' heads with a hammer - all in front of a room full of children" (Nov. 28, 2012)

Pigs blown up, guinea pigs poisoned and marmosets given anthrax: Campaigners expose 'cruel' secret military experiments at Porton Down: "Pigs were blown up by bombs before being resuscitated. The researchers wanted to find out the best way to treat soldiers when there is a delay in evacuating them from the battlefield." (Nov. 26, 2012)

UCSF lapses mean research animals suffer: "Due to negligence or errors, laboratory mice at UCSF had toes removed without anesthesia. Several animals, including birds and a squirrel monkey, received little or no pain medication after surgical procedures. In one instance, a primate starved for weeks." (Nov. 25, 2012)

University of Minnesota sued for animal testing secrecy: "Many of these animals, including nonhuman primates, are tested on without "the use of appropriate anesthetic, analgesic, or tranquilizing drugs." (Nov. 9, 2012)

Sandy’s Toll on Medical Research:  Where’s the worst place for an animal lab? In the basement: "When it comes to saving animals from storms—and saving expensive lab equipment, too—the nation's leading research institutions have a shaky record of achievement." (Nov. 1, 2012)

Abused Lab Monkey Means UCSF Should Return Fed Money, PETA Says: "A female rhesus macaque named Petra" was the subject of  neurological tests from 2008 to 2010, according to the San Francisco Examiner. The monkey "suffered for months."' (Oct. 31, 2012)

Piled high in buckets - the monkeys not needed for UK lab tests because they are the wrong size: "Dozens of dead ­monkeys lie piled high in buckets… all killed ­because they weren’t the right size for testing in British laboratories" (Oct. 28, 2012)

UC Davis researcher suspended over animal care allegations: 'The accusations of improper treatment of research subjects are the second incident in the past year to hit the public university." (Oct. 7, 2012)

Feds Cite Military Contractor for Goat Abuse: "Instructors with Tier 1 Group repeatedly cutting off the limbs of live goats with tree trimmers, stabbing the animals with scalpels, and cutting into their abdomens to pull out their organs as they twitched, moaned, and kicked." (Oct. 4, 2012)

Retired Lab Chimps Pressed Back Into Service:   San Antonio lab says primate research is necessary for curing diseases like AIDS and hepatitis.  But what progress has really been made?: "In June of 2010, after 14 years of retirement, Ken and more than 200 other retired peers were scheduled to be transferred to San Antonio's Southwest National Primate Research Center for a renewed career as lab chimps" (Oct. 3, 2012)

Combat trauma training practices under scrutiny: "The company did not use the right type of anesthesia on live animals during a training exercise and did not properly monitor animals to ensure that the drugs did not wear off during the exercise" (Sept. 24, 2012)

Amy M. Kerwin: Would you do that to a chimpanzee?: "Rhesus monkeys can live to 35 years in captivity and are typically housed using USDA standards: a cage size of 4.3 square feet and a height of 2.5 feet." (Sept. 24, 2012)

Ghastly Slaughter of Research Monkeys Prompts Calls for Oversight: "Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on." (Mar. 17, 2010)