NEWS ARCHIVE - October 2004

October 28 , 2004
Founder of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Speaks in New York
U.S. Newswire
Gloria Grow, Founder and Director of the Fauna Foundation, a Montreal-based sanctuary for abused and neglected animals, will speak at an event sponsored by the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS).

October 25 , 2004
Help End the Use of Animals in Testing Botox® Cosmetic
hsus.org (Humane Society of the United States)
Every batch of Botox is tested using the notorious LD (Lethal Dose) 50 Test, which estimates the potency at which 50% of the injected animals will die. The test can last up to 3-4 days, during which the poison paralyses muscles as it moves through the animal's body. Ultimately, the mice die from suffocation, undoubtedly after considerable distress.

October 10, 2004
Limits of tests on animals illustrated
myrtlebeachonline.com
On Sept. 30, the arthritis drug Vioxx ... was withdrawn from the market. Merck, the huge pharmaceutical company that developed Vioxx, had tested it extensively on animals before making it available for prescription. But animal tests did not reveal that people who take Vioxx have double the risk of a heart attack.

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