Yummy Wakame Weblog

www.powerGenitalia.com
Powergen’s domain name for their Italian operation.

Five Finger Fillet
Don’t try this at home guys!

Cuteness overload!!!
Today I stumbled upon the RAT FAN CLUB – a pet rat discussion forum. People have posted the most adorably sweeeeeet piccies of their ratties! My heart aches when I look at these piccies. I can’t wait to have enough space and a garden to spoil a happy rat again. They are the most loyal, loving, gentle and sweet pets – something you just can’t imagine until you’ve had the pleasure of fostering one.

xenotransplantation
The largest amount of data about animal experiments in UK laboratories that has ever been made public was recently released after a judge overturned an injunction against publication of the material. The 1,274 pages provide detailed accounts of attempts made from 1994 to 2000 by Government-sanctioned Huntingdon Life Sciences, the largest laboratory research firm in Europe, to perfect methods of creating animals from which organs can be safely transplanted into human beings. The documents refer to the transplanting of genetically modified pigs’ hearts and kidneys into monkeys.

It revealed many sordid cases of unimaginable suffering, and one previously confidential paper which reveals how the Home Office worked with Imutran – the former British subsidiary of multi-million drug giant Novartis, which was in control of the programme – to underestimate the suffering caused by the most severe experiments.

An Imutran report states: ‘The Home Office will attempt to get the kidney transplants classified as “moderate”, ensuring that it is easier for Imutran to receive a licence and ignoring the “severe” nature of these programmes.’

Other striking findings reveal that the Government approved Imutran’s xenotransplanation experiments with the intention of using sick babies as the first trial patients for animal heart transplants.

In total, the documents reveal at least 520 errors and omissions in the Imutran research. These include organ weights not being recorded, a quadruple overdose, conflicting pathology reports and re-use of animals. One primate was killed when a swab was left inside it.

Other reference: Animal News Center

Google – elgooG
(Found by Al)

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes a few seconds to go to their site and click on “feed an animal in need” for free. This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Pass it along to people you know.

Mashups
You know when they take two songs and combine them…
Have a listen to this freelance hairdresser – marshall’s been snookered. Eminem and a ragtime piano roll. Wow.

YouMustChoose.com – Im hungry.
A) You are going to eat your own hand, with no anesthetic or anything to drink, no matter how long it takes. You won’t be doing much else until this task is completed.
B) Whenever you see vomit, you eat it. Let’s go out drinking tonight!
Are you in the majority? Choose now and find out!
(thanks Al Bear)

Lonely hearts:
come chat with George the truckie (mp3)
And others at geekgirl.

Do you want to know the real truth about what is happening in Zimbabwe this week?
Read Cathy Buckle’s letters.

Sat 14 June ~ “Don’t wear red! This week in Zimbabwe everyone is whispering to their friends and neighbours not to wear red clothes because if you do you will be beaten by government supporters. It’s happening in the capital city and the little towns and this week in Marondera workers at a prominent butchery in the town were beaten by unknown men for wearing red clothes because this is a colour associated with the opposition.”

Sat 10 May ~ “Dear Family and Friends, It was with deep shock and disgust that Zimbabwe learned this week that our police commissioner Augustine Chihuri has been appointed the Honorary Vice President of Interpol. The double standards shown by European countries to the horrific state of our daily lives in Zimbabwe leaves me just spitting with rage… A police spokesman in Harare said the award proves to the world that Zimbabwean police are both professional and non partisan.”