Media circus in a panda prison

Posted on the 31st March 2014

Last year’s media hype surrounding the mating habits of two pandas has once again rekindled. The media today (31st March) is reporting that Tian Tian’s ‘window of receptivity’ is approaching, and that her hormone levels will be monitored constantly to try to ensure another animal is born in captivity. Tian Tian and Yang Guang are rented out by the Chinese government to Edinburgh Zoo on a 10-year contract.

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Animals neglected in laboratories

Those who support or even promote the use of animals in experiments will often talk about ‘gold standards’ of science and care and show photographs of animals – dogs, mice, primates and others – living...

Posted 24 Jan 2025

Experimental laboratory mice are raised in the IVC, individually ventilated cages system protecting from bacterial infection