Glossary of Acronyms

AAVS: American Anti-Vivisection Society
ALDF: Animal Legal Defense Fund
ALF: Animal Liberation Front (considered a domestic terrorist organization by the DOJ)
ANPR: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
APHIS: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARDF:Alternatives Research and Development Foundation
AVMA: American Veterinary Medical Association
AWA: Animal Welfare Act
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
DOJ: United States Department of Justice
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA refers to the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996, giving electronic access to certain FOIA materials)
FR: Federal Register
NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NIMH: National Intitute of Mental Health (of Mrs. Frisby fame. . .)
OLAW: Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare
PHS: Public Health Service
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture

A space reserved for Divine Intervention. . . we need some. . .

here he be - Bato Kannon

and Ganesh riding his rat vahana Mooskiha (thank you, Claire!)

a closer look at Mooshika

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