self.document.write('<div style="margin : 0px; width : auto; height : auto; border : solid 0px; overflow : hidden; font-size : 1em; font-family : \'Arial\'; color : black; background : inherit;"> <div style="padding : 3px;" > <ul style="margin : 0px; padding-left : 15px"> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/JBYCvl5urTg/displaystory.cfm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Animal testing: Tweaking the experiments</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>Most people now accept the growing use of genetically modified mice <p>THE British are notorious for preferring pets to people. They dislike the genetic modification of crops. Yet over the past decade they have come to accept not only that animal experimentation can often be justified but also the increased use of genetically modified mice in carrying out such tests. On July 27th official statistics showed that, for the first time, the use of genetically modified animals has outstripped that of conventional creatures. Hardly anyone flinched. <p>For a nation of animal-lovers, Britain conducts a lot of experiments on living beings—some 3.6m in 2009, of which 83% involved rodents. The numbers peaked in the early 1970s at 5.5m, then halved over the next two decades as the sorts of experiments that make even pro-science types wince were halted. All experimenting on great apes was stopped, and the use of animals to test cosmetics and household products was phased out. ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://economist.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">economist.com</a> - 2010-07-29 16:47:03 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Panjo-still-on-the-prowl-20100727" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Panjo still on the prowl</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> There have been more sightings of Panjo, the pet Bengal tiger which went missing from his owner\'s bakkie. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://news24.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">news24.com</a> - 2010-07-27 20:56:45 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700051251/92-lawmakers-vote-to-cancel-La-veto-session.html?s_cid=rss-5" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >92 lawmakers vote to cancel La. veto session</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Gov. Bobby Jindal stripped millions of dollars in lawmakers\' pet projects from the budget, scuttled a spending plan to help... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://deseretnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">deseretnews.com</a> - 2010-07-27 19:53:32 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Missing-tigers-owner-heartbroken-20100727" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Missing tiger\'s owner heartbroken</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The heartbroken owner of a tiger that has gone missing in Mpumalanga has planes and helicopters out looking for his beloved pet and admits that he\'s "not well". </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://news24.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">news24.com</a> - 2010-07-27 13:56:13 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_52c80090-f72f-598c-966b-bf398ef18baa.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >St. Louis area mortuaries offering pet funerals</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> When James and Carol Smith came home from a birthday party last month, they found their beloved collie, Mikie, lying on his side, dead. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://stltoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">stltoday.com</a> - 2010-07-24 06:44:52 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20100724/NATION/7240360/1020/rss09" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >U.S. pet owners paying for high-tech vet care</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> New York -- Brute, a German shepherd, lay anesthetized on an operating table, his hairy chest under a plastic cover and his powerful paws taped immobile. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://detnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">detnews.com</a> - 2010-07-24 06:44:23 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=6504636" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Rockville Centre Repeals Law that Banned Pit Bulls</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A controversial law banning certain pets, including pit bulls and rottweilers, has been repealed in Rockville Centre. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://1010wins.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">1010wins.com</a> - 2010-07-21 15:54:46 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012399524_apuspetmedicine.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >US pet owners paying for high-tech veterinary care</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> U.S. veterinarians are practicing ever more advanced medicine on the nation\'s 77 million dogs, 90 million cats and other pets. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-20 11:33:27 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=4d9bd2004ff0e1c668eb5dd838df3722" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Oil Spill Pets Saved in Emergency Effort</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Emergency dog lift to save hundreds of abandoned dogs in Gulf Coast from being destroyed. Since May, animal shelters near New Orleans have taken in record numbers of family pets as out-of-work fisherman and other Gulf residents are forced to sacrifice animals they can no longer afford, according to shelter operators. New Orleans - Animal shelter - Pet - United States - Dog </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2010-07-19 20:42:27 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012395257_apushealthreformfidoandfluffy.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Calif. tests next frontier of health reform: pets</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> While states across the nation grapple with national health care reform, a new population of patients is gaining attention in California: Fido and Fluffy. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-19 20:32:58 GMT </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>');