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January 2006: ICCVAM To Pursue Alternatives to LD50 Testing of Botox®-type Products; New Jersey Becomes Dissection Choice State; Documentary "Dealing Dogs" to Air in February; Austria Enacts Ban on Ape Research
February 2006 Chimpanzees on the Move; Baffling Opposition to Animal Welfare Sparks Debate; EU Takes Action On Animal Welfare; Department of Homeland Security Plans for High Security Biolab; Discovery Allows Synthetic Production of Heparin
March 2006: Outsourcing Primate Research; USDA Revises Policies on Training and Registration; Genetic Modification Leads to Rise in Research Mice; Animal Welfare Hot Topic at AAVMC Symposium; SHAC Trial Convicts Six
April 2006: Transfer to Primarily Primates Takes its Toll on OSU Primates; EU Validates Five New Tests; Covance Pays Fine; UK Conducts Study on Retrospective Reporting of the Severity of Animal Procedures; Animal Protection Groups Protest Harmful Experimentation on Animals
May 2006: Pet Safety & Protection Act to Amend Animal Welfare Act; Great Ape Proposals; Side Effects Not Predicted by Animal Tests; UK Animal Research Defenders on the Offensive; Harmonization of Care and Use Guideline
June/July 2006: Class B Dealer Sentenced; Permit Could Allow Research on Endangered Species; Survey Says Chimpanzees Deserve Retirement; ILAR Publishes New Guidelines for Humane Transport; Empathy in Mice
August 2006: William Russell Dies at 81; Rodent Chow Ingredient May Skew Test Results; Shelters Reconsider Pound Seizure; "Blood and Guts" Program Sparks Controversy
September 2006: Court Blocks Chimpanzee Relocation; Vanderbilt Whistleblower Prompts Investigation; Mouse Facilities to be Built for Breeding, Research; New Tools for Assessing Animal Welfare
October 2006: HSUS Runs Ad in The New York Times; Chimpanzee Elder Retires; Cloning Company Closes; Court Takes Control of Primarily Primates
November 2006: ICCVAM Holds Workshop on Alternatives to Botox® Testing; Facility Will Not Conduct Research on Endangered Monkeys-For Now;Two Studies Reveal Limitations of Animal Experiments; OSU Chimpanzees Transferred from Primarily Primates; Jack Spade Pulls Dissection Kit from Shelves
December 2006: EU Adopts REACH Regulations; Pigs are Victims in Military Trauma Training; HSUS Places Chimpanzee Ad in The New York Times; Nature Addresses the Animal Research Controversy
Updated May 2, 2008.
