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Animal testing: Which ones are used in UK experiments?Mice, fish, cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, monkeys - they're all used in animal testing across the world.Until recently, the US Department of Agriculture used cats to research toxoplasmosis - a potentially deadly parasitic illness usually caught from cats or tainted food.The animals were fed infected meat, and the parasite's eggs harvested for use in other experiments - then the cats were put down.But the department has announced it will stop using the cats after criticism from the public - and the 14 animals left will be adopted.Animals are used in research for various reasons and each country has different rules on what experiments can be carried out.Here's what we know about the UK:
Middle-aged treated like "second class citizens", with 25% of over-50's poorly treated in shops and hospitals
Four shipwrecks in Alonissos and Pagasitikos will become underwater museumsDiving to a depth up to 40 meters under the sea will be allowed in all underwater museums and the visitors will be accompanied by divers and archaeologists.For the visitors who do not wish to dive, they can visit the shipwrecks by boarding special boats.
First Special Secretary for Anti-Semitism appointed in GreeceDesecration of monuments in Greece have lead to concern regarding human rights and tolerance.Dr Efstathios C. Lianos Liantis, the Greek Foreign Ministry’s Special Secretary of Religious and Cultural Diplomacy, has been appointed Special Secretary for Anti-Semitism and Anti-Defamation of the Holocaust.The Sephardic Jewish community of Greece had flourished for almost five hundred years, especially in the northern city of Thessaloniki. During WWII most of the community had been wiped out. Though there aren’t many Jews currently living in Greece, anti-Semitism is at an unacceptable level.
Driving tests and license renewals beset by obstaclesThe shortcomings of the new law introduced last year regarding the way candidate drivers are examined has led to a temporary suspension of road tests.This is reportedly because the new law does not provide for the insurance coverage of candidate drivers while they are taking the test.The only road tests currently taking place are for license renewals for the over-74s, which are also plagued by problems, with many elderly drivers complaining of an absence of specific guidelines.
Fossil of ancient four-legged whale with hooves discoveredGiant 42.6m-year-old fossil was found along coast of Peru and suggests creature could walk on land
‘Veggie discs’ to replace veggie burgers in EU crackdown on food labelsVegetarian food producers must revise names if MEPs agree new rules to protect meat termsVeggie burgers are for the chop, a Brussels committee has decreed, to be replaced by the less palatable-sounding “veggie discs”.
Cats can recognise their own names, say scientistsResearchers claim domestic cats can pick out their name in string of wordsTibbles and Tiger might not let you know it, but they appear to recognise when their name is being called, research into human-cat relationships has claimed.The researchers said previous studies had shown that other animals, including dogs, dolphins and parrots could show some understanding of human vocalisations, but it was unclear whether felines could too.Now for the first time research appears to suggest domestic cats could pick out their name in a string of words.
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