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Thursday, 06 July 2006
Cages may drive animals to insanity
Cage life may drive lab animals so insane that experiments are invalid, according to the UK newspaper, The Guardian.  According to the article, certain repetitive behaviors common in caged animals, are now thought to be caused by brain damage. 

US scientists have raised the possibility that the sheer boredom of life as a captive animal may be enough to incur brain damage.  If true, the validity of many experiments, particularly in behavioral research, would be called into question, said the report.
 
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Water Footprint

On World Water Day (22nd March) and on every other day, for that matter, we need to remember that meat-eating carries a giant water footprint.
Did you know? It takes 13 million litres of water to raise and convert one cow or ox into meat!
Did you know? To produce one portion of beef (250g) requires the same amount of drinking water that one person needs (at one litre a day) for 34 years of life!
For further info, go to: http://www.waterfootprint.org/