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COVID-19 News World News 

Shezhen becomes first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat – BUT CHINA APPROVES USE OF BEAR BILE TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 ADAV Society

From: BBC news at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52131940 Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog

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Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban consumption of cats and dogs

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 ADAV Society

From: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/asia/shenzhen-cats-dogs-ban-scli-intl/index.html By Jack Guy, Steven Jiang and Shanshan Wang, CNN Updated 9:20 AM ET, Thu April 2, 2020Chinese animal

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COVID-19 Valid Science 

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Welcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 ADAV Society

From: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2020/03/COVID-19-Therapeutics-Accelerator COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and remove barriers to drug development and scale-up to address the

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Animal Research COVID-19 Valid Science 

Fighting COVID-19 without animal tests

March 24, 2020April 6, 2020 ADAV Society

Posted by Barbara Stagno · Contact Author · on March 22, 2020 As the deadly coronavirus spreads exponentially across the globe, researchers are racing

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Animal Research COVID-19 Valid Science 

Researchers race to develop corona virus without wasteful use of animal tests

March 22, 2020April 6, 2020 ADAV Society

“I don’t think proving this in an animal model is on the critical path to getting this to a clinical

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Animal Research Valid Science 

Physicians Committee for responsible medicine urges shift away from animal mental health experiments

March 22, 2020March 24, 2020 ADAV Society

The lead federal agency for research on mental illnesses, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is updating its Strategic Plan

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General Take Action 

STOP bill 156

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 ADAV Society

Toronto Pig Save started this petition to Doug Ford TO SIGN THE PETITION GO TO: https://www.change.org/p/doug-ford-stop-bill-156-ontario-s-ag-gag-law STOP Bill 156 – Ontario’s ag-gag

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Animal Research General Take Action 

Don’t let the center for disease control test vaping on animals!

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 ADAV Society

We’ve received an email alert by Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research and experiemintation (CAARE) about a cruel initiative to

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Petition: No Animal Labs at St. Paul's Hospital

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Ditch Dissection Education Resources: K through University

Image shows a cute white rat with text about dissection. Clicking on the image leads to a page about alternatives to animal use in education for levels kindergarten through univeristy.
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One of the most important films in decades.  

An intriguing and controversial documentary examining Canada's medical system and questioning why millions of tax and donor money are being wasted on an outdated system.

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