Oh! Those sweet helpless little animals. I know they are loveable, and have sweet faces, but are you a vegatarian? I think calfs, chickens, and little pigs are cute to. Don't you? Maybe you should investigate slaughter houses before you worry too much about animals used in medical research. And maybe thank medical research on animals instead of on people for all the diseases that you don't have to worry about. Or would you be willing to voluntier as a test animal to save a cute little mouse?
Please go to National Association for Biomedical Research at http://www.nabr.org/issues.htm Lab Animal Issues To learn more about lab animal issues, please visit our sister organization, the Foundation for Biomedical Research. The Humane Care and Treatment of Laboratory Animals Virtually every major medical advance of the last century has depended upon research with animals. Data from experiments on humans are obviously the most scientifically reliable; however, in many cases human research is ethically unacceptable. Researchers first must use animals, the living systems most closely related to humans, before humans are asked to participate in experimentation. Animals serve as surrogates in the investigation of human diseases and new ways to treat, cure or prevent them. The health of animals also has improved due to animal research. Read more. Regulation of Biomedical Research Using Animals Public polls reveal most people are unaware of the laws and regulations that govern the use of laboratory animals in biomedical research. Lacking this awareness, the average person is more likely to believe erroneous charges of abuse made by those who completely oppose animal research. In fact, scientists who use animals in their work must comply with a comprehensive system of federal, state and local laws and regulations. Read more. The Use of Animals in Product Safety Testing Scientists have significantly reduced the number of animals used in product safety testing in recent times. Because this reduction has been possible, animal rights activists would like the public to believe that the use of laboratory animals can be eliminated in this field altogether. It is often claimed that valid alternatives to the use of animal tests already exist to evaluate product safety. This is not true. Read more. --- In [email protected], "from_tpg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TO: All PNEWS-L > > I am a private individual posting this message to > help Laboratory Animals and us all. > > A new European Chemical Testing Policy called > REACH has now been finalised by the European > Union. Under these proposals 30,000 Chemicals of > every kind - from those used in industrial processes > to the ingredients of consumer products - will be > tested on Millions of animals from mice to fish to > dogs, causing untold suffering. > > Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated > animal techniques, reliable and relevant information > will not be provided and our safety will not be assured. > > This is URGENT because Testing has now started. > > If you believe that REACH should make more use > of Alternative Testing to test 30,000 Chemicals > that have been in general use since before 1985 > then please take action now. > > If you are a European citizen please contact your > local papers and own MEP asking them to promote > the development of humane non-animal testing > methods under the REACH legislation, which is the > best hope we have for sparing animals the misery > of a testing laboratory. > > For contact details of your MEPs visit > http://www.europarl.europa.eu > > For all Non-European members, you can still help. > Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK > and Europe about REACH. Write to your own local > papers to try and inform others about what is going > on in Europe. > > More information and help with REACH at > http://www.navs.org.uk/media_centre/35/0/823/ > > http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm > > http://www.eceae.org/english/chemicals.html > > http://www.buav.org > > Everyone can help and you can make a difference. > > Thank You > > Tony, Nottingham, England >
