UF’s dark history of animal testing
Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in U.S. labs every year in the name of “science.”
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Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in U.S. labs every year in the name of “science.”
Swimming until your fingertips form mountain ridges, reading library books as the regularly scheduled rain pings at your window and napping with the smell of sunscreen lotion lingering on your cool sheets are just a few of the childhood summer mementos we hold close to our sunburnt hearts. Just because you have summer classes doesn’t mean you can’t tap into a youthful experience with exploration and adventure in a town most students only get to know in their adult life. Here are our favorite (somewhat) hidden gems and summer pastimes.
Toby, 2-year-old Potbelly pig, often referred to as a “mini pig” enjoying the afternoon at his new home in Peacefield. Toby was neglected in a confined space before a local animal rights activist brought him to Peacefield where he has acres to explore, friends to keep him company and lots of love.
John and Emma Hoel only had three goals: to save animals, to inspire people and to avoid putting on a winter coat again.
It’s the weekend, or at least your definition of it, as you only have class three days a week. It’s road trip time, so you set your coordinates to someplace south of here and burn the dinosaur fuel to get there. But instead of hitting rain, your car comes in contact with something superiorly worse: lovebugs, aka one of the plagues not mentioned in Exodus. You must have killed a hundred a minute driving on the highway. And when you reach your destination you see your damage. “Weird…,” you think to yourself. The bugs’ dead bodies seem to spell something out….
Building confidence and helping cats find homes goes hand in paw for the Humane Society of North Central Florida.
Butterflies do their fair share in the world. They help pollinate flowers, provide food for other animals and now help provide beer for us. That’s right: beer.
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. She was 97.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday — the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago.
Virginia Brissette Hirshik wanted one thing during a Tuesday night neighborhood meeting: an apology from Alachua County Animal Services Director Ed Williams.
A woman and her dog were attacked by a pack of dogs Friday in the same neighborhood an emotional support dog was mauled.
Tico was with Lorraine Marie Anderson when her mother died from cancer, when her long-time boyfriend left her and when she was evicted from her house.
The future of Florida’s pitching staff is here.
Plastic bags were the first to go from Loosey’s.
Yes, I’m doing this. I’m adding to the long list of articles and columns railing against Hollywood’s obsession with remakes and reboots. But unlike those other articles, I don’t think remakes, reboots and adaptations should end completely. In fact, there may be a place for them in the movie scene. But they need to be done right. You may ask, how does one do a good remake, reboot or adaptation? The most important factor is not staying exactly true to the original but keeping the original’s spirit while adding a new twist. Let’s use a spectrum ranging from “Teen Titans Go!” to “Beauty and the Beast” to illustrate this.
Rescue shelters and organizations in Alachua County are preparing to accommodate about 8,000 displaced greyhounds over the next two years.
For the second day of early voting, The Alligator is releasing its endorsements for amendments to the Florida Constitution and local questions. We base our recommendations on how each would benefit Florida’s citizens and the environment. As a rule, if the intent of the amendment isn’t clear when reading it, we’d recommend voting no.
Nov. 6 will be here before you know it, and Florida voters will have a lot of choices to make. Several of these choices will be on amendments to Florida’s constitution. According to Miami Sun-Sentinel, there will be 12 amendments on the ballot in November, numbered from 1 to 7, and 9 to 13 (Amendment 8 was removed from the ballot by the Florida Supreme Court). These amendments cover a variety of topics, from government meeting dates, to vaping, and dog racing. The problem: the individual amendments also jump around in topic.
Joseph Glover had a voice that captivated the room.
Chip Skinner has always kept an eye on the Weiss property.