ANIMAL WATCH-On January 27, Los Angeles County Sheriff s Bloodsport Team seized 70 roosters in an investigation of a possible cockfighting operation in LLanos, California, an unincorporated area southeast of Palmdale in Los Angeles County.
Detective Joel Bronson told reporters that suspects were identified but no arrests made, pending the outcome of the examination of the birds by LA County Animal Control veterinarians, according to the Los Angeles Times. The sheriff s department typically launches investigations based on complaints about noise and sanitation from neighbors, according to Detective Bronson, who added that, Prior to coronavirus restrictions making it harder to raid suspected cockfighting operations, sheriff’s officials typically executed a search warrant every month or two.
Terrifying: 111 million mice and rats annually for animal testing in the USA!
Rodents, fish, and birds are not considered animals there
Mice and rats, the most common animals used in the laboratory, are not covered by the United States Animal Welfare Act and therefore do not appear in the official statistics of animals used for scientific purposes.
A new analysis estimates that around
111 million mice and rats are subjected to animal testing annually in the United States.
The nationwide association
Doctors Against Animal Experiments calls for better transparency of the animal experiment figures in the USA and in this country.