The new ruling, Board of Education v. Earls, No. 01-332, upheld testing students involved in extracurricular activities and suggested that under the schools' "custodial responsibility" for students' welfare, testing all students would be acceptable.
We therefore investigated how ceiling heights affect welfare, testing the hypotheses that mink prefer lower cage ceilings to feed from (Experiment 1), but higher ceilings for performing other behaviours under (Experiment 2).
Scott's latest welfare testing appeal is still pending.
ThinkProgress reported earlier this year that welfare applicants appeared to be using drugs at a lower rate than the general population, based on the rate of positive drug test results from welfare testing schemes in seven states.
I worry what would've happened to me if I tested positive to a welfare drug test during one of these lapses.
Here, we review research and pest control literatures on the free-living house mouse (Mus musculus), analysing its sensory world, developmental processes and behaviour to suggest how laboratory environments might affect mouse welfare, normalcy, test design, and behaviour.
We express our sincere appreciation to Derek Clifford and the staff of the Animal Services Unit at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency for sampling and for their dedication to the welfare of test animals.
It may be of benefit to human health and, ultimately, also to the welfare of test animals that might otherwise be required to prove the same findings, if these results are not published as part of the scientific record.
This summer marked the first anniversary of Tennessee's welfare drug testing program -- and so far, the results are somewhat typical of welfare drug testing policies, in that they are kind of underwhelming.
Since 2011, at least 13 legislatures have enacted welfare drug tests, despite little evidence of widespread drug abuse among TANF recipients and little evidence that testing saves money.
