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Current status of animal welfare and animal rights in China.
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This article outlines the current status of campaigning by animal advocates in China from three interlinked perspectives: wildlife conservation, companion animal protection, and laboratory animal protection.Abstract:
In the past few years, new social passions have sparked on the Chinese mainland. At the centre of these burgeoning passions is a focus on animal welfare, animal treatment, and even animal rights, b...read more
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Activists ground primate flights
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The Evolving Regulatory Environment and Bedside Metabolic Monitoring of the Acute Care Patient
Daniel M. Baer,Richard Belsey +1 more
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