Claire Hamlett is a freelance writer based in Oxford, UK. She writes regularly for Sentient Media, Surge Activism and Byline Times on animals, climate and the environment.
And even when its investigations didn’t fix problems, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties provided an accounting of allegations and a measure of transparency for Congress and the public.
Despite significant advances in human-based research, millions of mice and rats are still used in U.S. laboratories each year—at immense ethical and scientific cost.