Tag: pigs

Veterinarian in protective clothing tending to a pig on a farm, emphasizing animal care and health management

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II}

For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain damage, brains, circulation, death, emergency room, Lucid Dying, Nature (journal), neuroscience, nutrients, oxygen, oxygenation, pigs, resuscitation, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, Yale University}

Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 29, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, crying, Dogs, humans, pigs}

Is There a Universal Distress Register for Animals?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers decided to play recorded sounds of human crying and humming to both dogs and pet pigs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Belgium, Canada, Cornell University, human life, kidneys, Netherlands, organ transplant, organs, Peter Singer, pigs, surgery}

Saving Humans Is More Important than Saving Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

A potential avenue of increasing the supply of organs — xenotransplantation — is not, in my view, morally problematic in the least. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, arthritis, birds, children, emotions, horses, mammals, New York Times, pigs, privilege, reality, Salon, social justice, squirrels, The College Fix, World Economic Forum}

Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 27, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people. Read More ›

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Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, documentary, evolution, film festival, humans, Mother Earth, peas, pigs, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The War on Humans

_{Science and Culture
May 27, 2022

Bioethics, Botany, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The video investigates activists who want to grant legal rights to animals and plants, and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90 percent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, animals, chihuahua, cows, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, devolution, eugenics, extrapolation, genes, horses, humans, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Behe, New York Times, pigs, Richard Dawkins, University College London}

If Human Eugenics Wouldn’t Work, Human Evolution Has a Big Problem

_{David Klinghoffer
February 18, 2020

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

Richard Dawkins got his wings clipped over the weekend, following a claim on Twitter. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, bioengineering, blood vessels, computers, euthanasia, George W. Bush, hearts, Human, kidneys, lungs, organ transplant, pigs, Research, rodents, Science News, scientists, stem cells, United States}

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, Breitbart, coercion, misanthropy, PETA, pigs, terrorism, video, youtube}

It’s Unfair to Tie Animal Rights to the YouTube Shooting

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 4, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

2}

The YouTube shooter — I don’t believe in naming these people — did not fit the expected profile. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 22, 2015

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science}

Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 22, 2015

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›